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Crew Module On Its Way - PA-1 Set for Display at the Final Space Shuttle Launch
The Pad Abort-1 crew module began its journey from Dryden June 14 to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for display at the July 8 scheduled launch of Atlantis, the final flight of the space shuttle program.
Read June 17, 2011 Xpress -
Open For Business - SOFIA Science Missions Are Officially Under Way
The SOFIA Science and Education Media Day held June 8 at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility featured 11 speakers detailing the SOFIA program, its science missions and educational-outreach activities.
Read June 17, 2011 Xpress -
Students Design Test Stand
Dryden tasked a group of college students from Lancaster with developing a plan for a test fixture for propeller and fan-driven components.
Read June 3, 2011 Xpress -
Phantom Flight - Boeing UAS Makes First Flight at Dryden
The successful first flight of The Boeing Co.’s Phantom Ray, a jet-powered, fighter-size unmanned aircraft system, was completed April 27 at Dryden.
Read May 20, 2011 Xpress -
Launching The Era Of Space Shuttles
Astronaut Bob Crippen spoke to Dryden employees April 15 about his mission as the pilot of the first space shuttle mission, which concluded at Dryden 30 years earlier.
Read May 6, 2011 Xpress -
Discovery Complete - Two Crewmembers Discuss the Orbiter's Last Mission
Dryden employees gained insight into Space Shuttle Discovery's final mission when its commander and a mission specialist visited April 26.
Read May 6, 2011 Xpress -
Can You Hear Me Now?
When the Comm 3 satellite dish on the Western Aeronautical Test Range was wearing down, crews literally sewed up the problem.
Read April 15, 2011 Xpress -
Phantom Eye Arrives
The Boeing Co.'s unmanned hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye high-altitude, long-endurance demonstrator aircraft has arrived at Dryden for assembly and flight-test preparations.
Read April 1, 2011 Xpress -
New Machine Dedicated To Composites
Increasingly complex composite components and parts require the latest industry-standard equipment. Recently, the Dryden Experimental Fabrication Facility began operation of such a machine.
Read April 1, 2011 Xpress -
Global Hawk Wraps Up WISPAR Flights
A NASA Global Hawk aircraft completed the third and final flight of the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers, or WISPAR, field campaign March 10.
Read March 18, 2011 Xpress -
Event Features Former Dryden Pilot
Former Dryden pilot Einar Enevoldson participated in two colloquium sessions Feb. 25.
Read March 4, 2011 Xpress -
Steady as She Goes
Poppies will bloom in the desert spring, but the yield from the nation's financial garden is less certain and is obscured by thick, hardy weeds.
Read March 4, 2011 Xpress -
Simplify, Simplify - Streamlined Adaptive System Works; Capabilities Verified
A Dryden F/A-18 proved a simplified adaptive controller can compensate for simulated failures of flight control surfaces and keep the aircraft flyable until landing safely.
Read January 7, 2011 Xpress -
Chasing the Dragon
In need of a vehicle to chase the ER-2 as it lands, Dryden's ER-2 project obtained a lease on a government-owned 2010 Dodge Charger.
Read January 7, 2011 Xpress -
First Science is Complete
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy's first series of three science missions took to the skies over a nine-day span that concluded Dec. 8.
› Read December 17, 2010 Xpress -
CCPM Moving Through Preliminary Phases
Weeks into the transition to a new a project management initiative and, soon, a new software tool, things are going well,
› Read December 17, 2010 Xpress -
IceBridge Resumes - DC-8 Flying Laboratory Continues Antarctic Mission
Scientists returned in late October to the Southern Hemisphere, where NASA's Operation IceBridge mission is set to begin a second year of airborne surveys over Antarctica.
› Read November 5, 2010 Xpress -
Mullane Talks Teamwork - Former Astronaut Thanks Employees For Shuttle Contributions
Former astronaut Mike Mullane, a veteran of three shuttle missions, gave his "Countdown to Teamwork" presentation in the ISF auditorium Oct. 7 as part of Dryden's Career Development Mentoring Program.
› Read November 5, 2010 Xpress -
Direction, Goals Focus of NASA Retreat
At NASA's senior leadership retreat Oct. 13-14 at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., NASA leaders met to discuss the future, define goals and discuss the agency's mission statement and vision.
› Read November 5, 2010 Xpress -
Rising Expectations - Aeronautics a Focus at N.M. Balloon Fiesta
When as many as 900,000 people visited the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 2-10, one place where they learned something they might not have known about was at the NASA exhibit.
› Read October 15, 2010 Xpress