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News Releases 2009
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NASA Global Hawk Returns to Flight Status
One of NASA's two Global Hawk high-altitude aircraft took to the skies this week for its first flight under NASA operation.
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NASA Sponsors Astronomy Workshop for Educators
Middle school educators are invited to an astronomy workshop Nov. 3 that will offer hands-on activities to help students understand the importance of astronomical observations.
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2009 Space Elevator Power Beaming Contest Reset for Nov. 4
The Spaceward Foundation has rescheduled 2009 Space Elevator Power-Beaming Challenge Games for Nov. 4 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.
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Dryden to be Part of Edwards AFB Open House
Following a three-year hiatus, Edwards Air Force Base is once again holding an open house and air show on Saturday, Oct. 17.
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NASA Flies to Antarctica for Largest Airborne Polar Ice Survey
NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets.
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Groundbreaking Set for NASA Dryden Information Technology Building
Groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled for 9 a.m. Oct. 14 for a new Consolidated Information Technology Center to be built at NASA’S Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.
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Teachers Invited to NASA Educational Materials Workshop
Educators are invited to a back-to-school workshop Sept. 29 that will provide instruction on how to bring NASA education materials to the classroom.
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NASA Dryden Awards Facilities Maintenance Pact to EMCOR
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a contract to EMCOR Government Services, of Arlington, Va., to provide facility operations and maintenance at the center’s facilities at Edwards Air Force Base and Palmdale, Ca.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Returns To Earth After Successful Mission
Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 5:53 p.m. PDT / 8:53 p.m. EDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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Space Shuttle Landing Possible at Edwards; May Cause Sonic Boom
Deteriorating and unstable weather conditions in eastern Florida have led space shuttle mission managers to call off Thursday evening's scheduled landing of Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As a result, the likelihood of Discovery ending its mission at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California this weekend has increased.
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NASA Awards SOFIA Engineering Contract Option
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a contract modification to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P., of Waco, Texas, for further developmental engineering on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
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NASA to Conduct Sonic Boom Research Over Edwards AFB
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center will conduct a series of research flights on Sept. 9 and 12 that will result in multiple sonic booms being heard on Edwards Air Force Base.
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NASA Awards Aircraft Maintenance Pact to Computer Sciences Corp
NASA has awarded a follow-on contract to Computer Sciences Corp.'s Applied Technology Group of Fort Worth, Texas, to support the agency's aircraft used for astronaut training, flight research and mission and program support.
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Orion Abort Flight Test Crew Module Departs Dryden For White Sands
The Orion crew module that will be used for the first launch abort system Pad Abort 1 flight test is scheduled to depart NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center Aug. 19 for the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., where the launch abort flight tests will be performed.
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Lancaster Jethawks Honor Last SR-71 Flight Crews
The last four crew members who flew aboard the famed triple-sonic Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird aircraft will be honored this Saturday evening, Aug. 15, by the Lancaster JetHawks baseball team during the team’s annual Aerospace Appreciation Weekend at Clear Channel Stadium in Lancaster.
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Michigan University Student Interning At NASA Field Center
Scott Buffa gave up a summer in cool, rainy Rochester, Mich., for an opportunity to work with NASA as an Undergraduate Student Research Program intern at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
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NASA Student Airborne Research Program Takes Flight
Twenty-nine undergraduate and graduate students are participating in a six-week NASA Airborne Science field experience designed to immerse them in NASA's Earth Science research.
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NASA Dryden Participating in Airventure 2009 at Oskosh
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is again participating in America's largest air show.
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NASA’S DC-8 Flying Low-Level Missions Over San Joaquin Valley
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory is conducting low-level flights over California's San Joaquin Valley as part of an Earth science experience for university students and educators July 22 and 24.
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Illinois University Student Fulfills Dream at NASA
Citing a visit to the NASA craftsmen exhibit at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture airshow, at Oshkosh, Wisc., David Klassman decided he wanted to work for NASA.
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