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Endeavour Final Ferry Flight Memento Presentation
An American flag and pins representing NASA and Palmdale that were flown on space shuttle Endeavour's final ferry flight are presented to the city of Palmdale.
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California Air Quality Research Campaign Concludes
NASA's DISCOVER-AQ team completed an intense flight and ground-based air quality research campaign in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California.
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NASA Begins Alternate-Fuel Flight Research Tests
Heavily instrumented Falcon jet measures soot, gases streaming from NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory using alternative 50/50 JP8-biofuel mix.
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Boeing's Phantom Eye Demonstrator Returns to Flight →
Unique hydrogen-fueled, remotely operated unmanned prototype aircraft aloft for 66 minutes on its second flight over Edwards Air Force Base.
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NASA Dryden, Edwards AFB in Focus at BOT Conference
Research activities at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and test programs at Edwards Air Force Base highlighted at AV Business Outlook Conference.
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NSC Balloon Lofts NMT Space-Technology Payload
Data acquisition system developed by New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology would monitor integrity of commercial space vehicle structure.
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Educator Teams Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Airborne Observatory
The first four Airborne Astronomy Ambassador (AAA) educators for 2013 have completed their initial flight on NASA’s SOFIA flying observatory.
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Leland Melvin Updated on Dryden's Education Efforts
NASA's Associate Administrator for Education briefed on center's educational programs and partnerships; tours Dryden aircraft operations facility.
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Boeing's Phantom Eye Completes Taxi Tests →
Unique hydrogen-fueled long-duration prototype unmanned aircraft being prepared for its second flight after completing two lakebed taxi runs Feb. 6.
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Dryden Employees Honored for Space Flight Awareness
NASA Dryden staffers Dennis Avila, Michael Collie cited for their contributions to excellence in quality and safety in support of human spaceflight.
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NASA Science Chief John Grunsfeld Tours DAOF
Former shuttle astronaut briefed on SOFIA flying observatory astrophysics flights and coming airborne Earth science missions during visit.
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NASA's Bill Barry: Yes, There Really was a Moon Race
NASA chief historian recounts the history of the Soviet Union's lunar landing programs at a Dryden colloquium.
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NASA Airborne Science: Studying our Environment
News media and social media followers learn about NASA's airborne Earth and environmental science program, briefed on current and upcoming missions.
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NASA Dryden: Testing the Technologies of the Future
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck tours center, briefed on research that could have major impact on future aircraft and spacecraft systems.
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Edwards AFB, NASA Dryden Honor Martin Luther King
Edwards Air Force Base, NASA Dryden join to honor the memory of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at memorial observance and parade Jan. 17.
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PODEX Flights Could Reshape Atmospheric Science
Polarimeter Definition Experiment on NASA ER-2 to check out three prototype polarimeters that gauge the intensity and polarization of reflected light.
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Into the Stratosphere for Better Climate Science
ATTREX mission on NASA's Global Hawk to aid scientists in understanding how chemistry of the upper atmosphere is changing Earth in a warming climate.
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'Gliding' to Space: A Novel Means of Space Launch
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is exploring the Towed Glider Air-Launch Concept, a novel technique to rocket satellites into orbit.
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Major NASA Pollution Study to Fly over California
NASA aircraft to fly over central California measuring air pollution helping scientists understand how to measure and forecast air quality from space.
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NASA Uses Aircraft to Chase Climate Change Clues
NASA Global Hawk unmanned research aircraft to probe upper atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean for answers to how a warming climate is changing Earth.