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News Releases 2008
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NASA Dryden Marked Major Milestones in 2008
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center supported projects and efforts across NASA's four mission areas during 2008.
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David McBride Appointed Deputy Director at NASA Dryden
David D. McBride has been appointed deputy director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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Final Flight of the X-15 Left a Legacy of Success
If residents of Western Nevada had looked high up in the sky on the morning of Oct. 24, 1968, they might have seen the sun glinting off the fuselage of a silver, eight-engine NB-52A Stratofortress as it made a graceful turn over Smith Ranch Dry Lake.
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Scientists Selected for New Airborne Eye on the Universe
Three astronomers will participate in the first scientific observations to be conducted by the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
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NASA Reinstalls Main Mirror in SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Engineers and technicians from NASA, the German Space Agency and the Deutsches SOFIA Institut recently reinstalled the German-built primary mirror assembly into NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, airborne observatory.
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NASA Awards Global Hawk Support Contract to L-3 Communications
Multi-year contract for engineering, technical and product support services.
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NASA Partners With Forest Service On Air Tanker Safety Study
NASA is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service on a project to examine the mission suitability of Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fire retardant delivery aircraft.
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Management Appointments Announced at NASA Dryden
Kevin L. Petersen, Director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, recently announced appointments to several management positions at the NASA field center.
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The Last Rocketeer: Pink Boots and Yellow Daisies
As the morning of Sept. 23, 1975 dawned over the Southern California high desert, a team of engineers, technicians and flight crew busily prepared for what would be the last chapter in a flight research program that had spanned more than a dozen years.
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Tehachapi High Grad Awarded NASA Dryden Scholarship
Jill Pestana, a graduate of the Class of 2008 at Tehachapi High School, has been selected by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Employee Exchange Council to receive the 2008 Harold W. Walker Memorial Scholarship award.
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