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SOFIA Spots Recent Starbursts In Galaxy's Center
Researchers using NASA's SOFIA flying observatory capture new images of a huge ring of gas and dust surrounding the Milky Way's massive black hole.
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NASA'S Green Aviation Research Enters Second Phase
NASA selects eight large-scale integrated technology research projects that could lead to quieter, "greener" and more fuel-efficient future aircraft.
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Developing Tomorrow's Aviation Technology Today
NASA research and technology enhances safety, enables more fuel-efficient engines, quieter airplanes and improved air traffic management.
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Fused Reality: Blending Reality and Simulation
STI develops new flight simulation system that combines real-world and computer-generated visualization under a SBIR Phase II agreement with NASA.
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Dryden 2012: Advancing Aerospace, Science Research
Dryden Flight Research Center helped advance NASA's overall mission of Earth and space science and aerospace technology research, development in 2012.
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ER-2 806 on Flight Status; Science Missions Slated
After lengthy maintenance period that included several upgrades, high-altitude aircraft ready for new series of Earth and space science missions.
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Intelligent Control: Reducing Drag, Saving Fuel
Minimal modifications to existing flight control laws could improve aerodynamics, optimizing fuel consumption, reducing costs and pollution.
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Dryden's F-15B Ready to Fly SBLT-II Flight Tests
Supersonic Boundary Layer Transition flights to test Aerion Corp. airfoil section to investigate the extent and robustness of natural laminar flow.
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SOFIA Upgrades Integrate Telescope with Observatory
SOFIA's telescope control systems and flight-deck avionics have been significantly upgraded to improve usability of this world-class observatory.
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Space Act Agreement Expands Ikhana CC2 Capabilities
NASA / GA-ASI agreement covers development and flight testing of new command and control system to enable operations in remote geographical regions.
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NASA's 2012 HS3 Hurricane Mission Concludes
NASA's Global Hawk wraps up Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel mission with a final 24-hour data-collection flight over the North Pacific Ocean.
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Antarctic IceBridge Flights: a Record of Change
Five-week, 16-flight field campaign gathered valuable information on land and sea ice during its fourth annual mission over Antarctica.
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Radar Survey Flights Resume Over San Andreas Fault
JPL's synthetic aperture radar carried by NASA's C-20A can document any subtle deformation in the Earth's surface along the central San Andreas Fault.
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Bye-bye, Big Boeing Bird…
NASA's original modified Boeing 747 space shuttle carrier aircraft No. 905 left NASA Dryden for the last time; now at Ellington Airport in Houston.
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Facilities Support Center Work Reaches Midpoint
Masonry complete, steelwork 90 percent finished, new energy-efficient structure on track for completion in July 2013.
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2012 Antarctic IceBridge Mission Concludes
Following one final ice stream survey flight over the Weddell Sea Nov. 7, NASA's DC-8 flying lab returned to its base in Palmdale, Calif., Nov. 10.
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Endeavour's Legacy Lives on at Science Center
Present and former Dryden staffers reflect that the shuttle was an inspiration to the world and a symbol of the greatness and capability of America.
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X-48 Blended Wing Body Hits 100-Flight Milestone
Boeing subscale research aircraft expected to log another 20 flights before flight-test program concludes.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Exhibit Opens at CSC
Thousands of visitors throng California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Pavilion to see Endeavour and scores of related exhibits during grand opening.
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Flying Lab Continues Antarctic IceBridge Flights
NASA Dryden's DC-8 science lab flies more Operation IceBridge missions to survey changes in Antarctic ice elevation, water depth, bedrock topography.