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This Week in Dryden History: Shuttle Booster Test

In early May 1978, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's famous NB-52B mothership aircraft encountered a problem while attempting to release a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle.
NASA Researcher Wins Prestigious American Helicopter Society Award

To most, helicopters and cars aren't that similar. But a NASA researcher has found that some programs used in car crashes apply to helicopters.
NASA Works to Reduce Air Travel Delays

Almost anybody who has traveled on a plane lately would probably agree flying isn't what it used to be..
Angels Overhead

The U.S. Navy's famed precision flying team, the Blue Angels, will headline the 2008 Space & Air Show at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Studies Arctic Air From the Sky

NASA and its partners have begun the most extensive field campaign ever to study the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere.

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Latest Press Releases

NASA Announces Rotary Wing Aircraft Research Opportunities

02.20.08 - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has amended its NASA Research Announcement to solicit additional research proposals.
NASA Aeronautics Offers University Scholarships

02.13.08 - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will accept applications from undergraduate and graduate students between Feb. 22 and Mar. 17, 2008, for its fall 2008 scholarship program.
NASA Selects Jaiwon Shin to Head Aeronautics Research

01.18.08 - As the associate administrator, Shin will be responsible for managing the agency's aeronautics research portfolio and guiding its strategic direction.