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Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility

Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale offers the expanded space needed to manage the Center's airborne science missions and research platforms.

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This Week in Dryden's History

A collection of historical facts and events from Dryden's last 50 years.

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Careers at Dryden

Join the excitement! Be a part of the Dryden team.

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Dryden Tours Cancelled

Due to budgetary constraints, group and individual tours of Dryden Flight Research Center have been cancelled effective Dec. 16, 2011.

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Dryden Severe Weather Instructions

To get up-to-date weather information that may affect Center operations, call the Dryden Events and Employee Emergency Notification Hot Line at (661) 276-2777.

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Dryden News and Features

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden discusses the role and capabilities of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems' Dream Chaser flight test vehicle for eventual transport of astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

SNC Dream Chaser Unveiled to Media at Dryden Event

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden emphasizes role the Dream Chaser could have in transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

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Plastic wrapping that protected Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser flight test vehicle during its overland transport from Colorado is carefully removed by Dream Chaser crew chief Christian White.

It's a Wrap – or an Unwrap – for SNC Dream Chaser

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden outlined the role of Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Dream Chaser space-access vehicle to the news media May 22 at NASA ...

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The flatbed truck and trailer that transported Sierra Nevada Space Systems' Dream Chaser engineering test article pauses behind Hangar 4802 on the aircraft ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., upon arrival at the center May 15.

Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Arrives at NASA Dryden

Ground and flight tests of Dream Chaser vehicle to focus on its aerodynamics and controllability during subsonic approach and landing on a runway.

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NASA Dryden’s F-15B Research Test bed roars aloft from the Edwards AFB main runway for an SBLT-II mission.

NASA F-15B Continues Supersonic Laminar Flow Tests

NASA Dryden's F-15B research aircraft flying small Aerion Corp. experimental test airfoil at supersonic speeds to gauge its laminar airflow ...

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Artist's concept depicting the space shuttle mockup and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft exhibit at the Space Center Houston.

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to be Displayed in Houston

NASA 905 and space shuttle mockup to become centerpiece of new exhibit at Space Center Houston visitor center near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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News and Features

Dryden Spotlight

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    Research Update

    Current flight research projects and programs being flown at Dryden Flight Research Center.

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    NASA Dryden 2012
    Citizen Report

    NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has issued its Citizen Report for 2012, outlining the center's work and economic impact on the local community during the year.

  • SOFIA landing in Palmdale

    SOFIA

    NASA is developing the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - as a world-class airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space telescopes and major Earth-based telescopes.
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    Facility Support Center Construction Update

    New energy-efficient building at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center due for completion in summer 2013.
    FSC status update, May 2013

  • Orbiter Atlantis being loaded onto one of NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.

    NASA Dryden and the Space Shuttles

    Although most followers of NASA's Space Shuttle Program associate the shuttles with NASA's space-oriented field centers, major contributions to the shuttles' development occurred at NASA's four research field centers. Learn about some of NASA Dryden's contributions to space shuttle development and support in this series of historical articles
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    X-15 Interactive Feature

    The sensational, iconic, and groundbreaking X-15 hypersonic research aircraft extended flight to the edge of space during the 1950s and 1960s.

X-Press Publications

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    X-Press: NASA 747 SCA Delivers History

    As the awe-inspiring 30-year Space Shuttle Program comes to a close, a set of flights added to its spectacular history.
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    X-Press: Shuttle Tribute

    Dryden played an important role in the shuttle program from its earliest stages. The space shuttle prototype Enterprise was flown at the center in a 1977 series of flight tests that evaluated glide and landing characteristics of the 100-ton vehicles.
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    Aerovations

    Expanding on initiatives of the former Innovative Partnerships Program, new opportunities are nurturing innovations inside and outside of NASA.
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