Visitors and Special GuestsIn Armstrong auditorium, Bridenstine discusses the future of NASA under his administration then answered questions from employeesNASA Administrator Bridenstine, former navy pilot, sits comfortably back in F-18 jet cockpit at Armstrong Flight Research Center.NASA Administrator Bridenstine talks with Armstrong's Larry Hudson about the capabilities of the Flight Loads Lab to conduct mechanical-load and...NASA Administrator Bridenstine tests the X-57 "Maxwell" simulator at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. The simulator is designed to provide...Administrator Bridenstine hears about the progress to modify the Tecnam P2006T from a combustion aircraft to an all-electric aircraft. Armstrong's...Over 300 students watch as Serena M. Auñón-Chancel, a NASA astronaut, answers several questions from children attending Take your Kids...Rylee Ritter, student and first time visitor to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, sits in a mockup of an F-15...Eric Swanson stands at the microphone as he asks Serena M. Auñón-Chancel, a NASA astronaut, a question during the downlink...Actress Nichelle Nichols and Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors pose in front of the observatory telescope during their pre-flight safety training on...Nichelle Nichols and SOFIA scientist Andrew Helton discuss how SOFIA’s instruments capture infrared energy from star forming regions during the...During the Sept. 15 flight, Nichelle Nichols, left, and Jeffrey Killebrew, teacher at the New Mexico School for the Blind...ED13-0041-43 NASA's Assistant Administrator for Education Leland Melvin tries his hand at controlling a robotics workstation during a tour of...Mayor James Ledford of the City of Palmdale, CA, and NASA's Assistant Administrator for Education Leland Melvin get a laugh...Tweeting, posting, clicking, and texting were the order of the day for fans of NASA's social media accounts.NASA Dryden senior machinist Keith Day describes the functions of a vertical milling center in the Center's experimental fabrication shop...NASA Social attendee Andrew Rechenberg of Cincinnati, Ohio, was ready to do some stick-and-rudder flying after getting garbed in a...NASA Dryden life support technician John Takas demonstrates how a pilot's boots are clamped onto a full pressure suit used...NASA astronaut Rick "C. J." Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128, recapped highlights of the 2009 flight.NASA astronaut Rick "C. J." Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128 recaps.NASA astronaut Rick "C. J." Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128 in 2009Retired NASA astronaut and research pilot Fred Haise detailed his flights in the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests in...Retired NASA astronaut and research pilot Fred Haise and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center director David McBride unveil a new...Retired NASA astronaut and research pilot Fred Haise of Apollo 13 fame was reacquainted with two of the vehicles from...Retired NASA astronaut and research pilot Fred Haise mugs with a "bobblehead" figure of himself.NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visited Dryden.JPL systems engineer Nagin Cox of the Mars Science Lab operations team: Mars is hard, MSL is harder.NASA Dryden technicians get a lesson in how to dunk a basketball with no hands.Robots designed and built by students at Tehachapi (yellow), Antelope Valley (red and black), and Lancaster (orange and purple) high...Members of the Tehachapi (black shirts), Antelope Valley (red shirts), and Lancaster (orange and purple shirts) high school robotics teams...An autograph table staffed by Dryden pilots and flight test engineers (from left) Troy Asher, Jim Less, Herman Posada, Mark...Teacher Kim Cantrell from the Edwards Air Force Base Middle School, Edwards, Calif., participating in a live uplink at NASA...Industrial College of the Armed Forces students on a VIP tour receive a briefing on the Ikhana unmanned air vehicle...Leah Robson and Bridgette Puljiz of Tehachapi in the flight deck of NASA's modified Boeing 747 space shuttle carrier aircraft...Leah Robson and Bridgette Puljiz of Tehachapi (seated) and Zachary Johnson of Palmdale (back to camera) look over the maze...Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin autographs NASA Dryden's F-16XL research aircraft, as his crewmate Neil Armstrong had previously done on...Eddie Patterson, a fourth-grade student at Tehachapi's Tompkins Elementary School, enjoyed "flying" a C-17 multi-engine aircraft simulator during Take Your...Navajo Code Talker Joe Morris, Sr. shared insights from his time as a secret World War Two messenger with his...President Ronald Reagan speaks to a crowd of more than 45,000 people at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center following the...NASA Dryden historian Christian Gelzer explains functions of the high-altitude pressure suit he is wearing to (left to right) Brandon...New NASA Administrator Michael Griffin makes a point during a town hall meeting with NASA Dryden employees on Tuesday, May...