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SOFIA Completes Closed-Door Test Flight
SOFIA Completes Closed-Door Test Flight

Edwards Air Force Base, Calif – NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, has passed a significant mission milestone.…

Flick, Harris Advanced to Senior Management Roles at NASA Dryden
Flick, Harris Advanced to Senior Management Roles at NASA Dryden

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Kevin L. Petersen, Director of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, has announced the appointment…

NASA Dryden’s Mark Dickerson – Giving Back What He Has Been Given
NASA Dryden’s Mark Dickerson – Giving Back What He Has Been Given

When Dryden engineer Mark C. Dickerson was in junior high school, a teacher took him flying and opened his mind…

NASA Dryden’s Mark Pestana – Launching Art into Space
NASA Dryden’s Mark Pestana – Launching Art into Space

Not many artists are privileged to see their work fly in space. But Mark Pestana has designed the mission patches…

NASA Dryden’s Smolka, Molzahn Receive Aviation Week Laureate Award
NASA Dryden’s Smolka, Molzahn Receive Aviation Week Laureate Award

EDWARDS – Research pilot James W. Smolka and flight test operations engineer Leslie M. Molzahn of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution
NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution

PALMDALE, Calif. – NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory departed the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., Tuesday for Fairbanks,…

NASA Extends Orion Launch Abort Test Facilities Contract
NASA Extends Orion Launch Abort Test Facilities Contract

WHITE SANDS, N.M. – NASA has extended the scope of a contract at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range…

Three NASA Dryden Staff Appointed to Top Management Positions
Three NASA Dryden Staff Appointed to Top Management Positions

Three employees of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center have recently been appointed to top management positions at the NASA research…

NASA at 50: Flight Research Center’s LLRVs Led to Apollo Lunar Landers
NASA at 50: Flight Research Center’s LLRVs Led to Apollo Lunar Landers

By Christian Gelzer, Tybrin Corp. Chief Historian, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center EDWARDS, Calif. – President John F. Kennedy’s 1961…

NASA / Northrop Agreement Opens Door to Science Investigation
NASA / Northrop Agreement Opens Door to Science Investigation

EDWARDS, Calif. – NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and the Northrop Grumman Corporation have reached an agreement that will enable…