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News Releases 2012
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Book Details Human Factors in Aerospace Accidents
Breaking the Mishap Chain relates human factors lessons learned from case studies of research and flight test mishaps that could have been prevented.
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Dryden Hosts Social Media Followers at NASA Social
NASA social media followers to get a behind-the-scenes look at aeronautics, science and other research at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center May 4.
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Masten, Draper Mark First Flight of Xombie Rocket
Draper Lab's GENIE flight control system guides Masten Space Systems' Xombie demonstrator in first vertical takeoff, vertical landing free flight.
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Educators Selected to Fly on NASA's SOFIA Airborne Observatory
26 educators have been selected to partner with professional astronomers on research flights aboard NASA's SOFIA flying observatory in 2012-13.
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NASA Airborne Study To Measure Canadian Snowfall
GCPEx precipitation experiment on DC-8 flying lab to measure light rain and snow in Ontario over six-week period in advance of GPM satellite launch.
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SOFIA Captures New W3A Star Cluster Images
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy researchers have captured new images of a recently born cluster of massive stars named W3A.
News Releases 2011
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2011 Saw Key Science, Aerospace Research at Dryden
The Dryden Flight Research Center helped advance NASA's overall mission of Earth and space science and aerospace technology research during 2011.
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NASA Gears Up for Airborne Tropopause Study
NASA recently completed flight tests to prepare for a multi-year airborne campaign to study humidity and chemistry of the tropical tropopause.
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NASA Dryden to Build New Facilities Support Center
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded an $11.2 million contract for construction of a 38,000-square-foot Facilities Support Center.
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NASA Continues Critical Survey Of Antarctic Ice
Scientists on NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory have begun the third year of Operation IceBridge airborne research missions over Antarctica's ice sheets.
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NASA Dryden Awards UAS In NAS Research Contracts
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently awarded contracts to research firms to aid the center in meeting goals of the UAS in the NAS project.
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Student Completes Hands-on NASA Dryden Internship
Engineering major Travis Whitlow finished a NASA University Research Centers internship that offered him hands-on and mentored engineering experience.
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Internship Gives Grad Student Hands-on Experience
Kentucky State University computer science grad student Luis Urbina obtained hands-on engineering experience via an EPSCoR internship at NASA Dryden.
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Curry, Thomson Named to Dryden Management Posts
Veteran aerospace engineers Robert Curry and Michael Thomson have been named to oversee airborne science, aeronautical research at NASA Dryden.
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NASA Airborne Sensor Helps Fire Crews Battle Flames
A NASA thermal-infrared scanner mounted in a NASA aircraft stands ready to support the Forest Service and CAL FIRE with real-time wildfire imagery.
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NASA Selects 7 Firms To Fly Suborbital Payloads
NASA has selected seven companies to integrate and fly technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable rockets near the boundary of space.
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A chronological listing of Dryden's news releases from 1994 to the present.
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