Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board, visited the NASA/DLR SOFIA astronomical observatory aircraft based at Dryden.
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NASA Dryden Research and Support Aircraft Fleet
A number of the unique research and support aircraft at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center were gathered on the back ramp in November 2008 for this photo in recognition of NASA's 50th anniversary. From bottom to top, left to right, are the X-48B BWB Blended Wing Body, KingAir NASA 7, Ikhana (Predator B) #870, T-34C #865, Global Hawk #872, ER-2 #809, Gulfstream-III #502, T-38 #863, F-18 #843, F-18 #852, F-15B #837, F-16XL #849, F-15B #836 and the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #911. Not shown are the DC-8 flying science laboratory and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, which are based at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in nearby Palmdale, Calif.(NASA photo / Carla Thomas)
A number of the unique research and support aircraft at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center were gathered on the back ramp in November 2008 for this photo in recognition of NASA's 50th anniversary. From bottom to top, left to right, are the X-48B BWB Blended Wing Body, KingAir NASA 7, Ikhana (Predator B) #870, T-34C #865, Global Hawk #872, ER-2 #809, Gulfstream-III #502, T-38 #863, F-18 #843, F-18 #852, F-15B #837, F-16XL #849, F-15B #836 and the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #911. Not shown are the DC-8 flying science laboratory and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, which are based at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in nearby Palmdale, Calif.(NASA photo / Carla Thomas)Latest News
Germany's DLR Chairman Visits NASA Dryden
Endeavour Returns to Kennedy Space Center
The final leg of Space Shuttle Endeavour's cross-country ferry flight was completed Dec. 12, 2008 when it landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Florida's east coast. The Endeavour and its modified ...
Shuttle Endeavour Lands Sunday at Edwards AFB
After an almost 16-day mission to the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle Endeavour has landed at Edwards Air Force Base in the Southern California high desert. Endeavour descended under cl...
HIPO Photometer Installed on SOFIA Telescope
The High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultation, or HIPO, instrument was installed on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy telescope Nov. 17.
Dryden News and Events Features
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David McBride Appointed Deputy Director at NASA Dryden
David D. McBride has been appointed deputy director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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NASA and Gulfstream Flying in High Def
NASA is partnering with Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. on a project that could aid visibility for pilots of future supersonic business jets.
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Final Flight of the X-15 Left a Legacy of Success
If residents of Western Nevada had looked high up in the sky on the morning of Oct. 24, 1968, they might have seen the sun glinting off the fuselage of a silver, eight-engine NB-52A Stratofortress as it made a graceful turn over Smith Ranch Dry Lake.
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Rake Airflow Gage Experiment Flies on NASA F-15B
Conical probes are used for measuring airflow parameters – airspeed, angle of attack and sideslip.
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Extending the Frontiers of Flight: the X-15
It's been called the most successful of the X-plane flight research programs, but according to noted aerospace author Dennis Jenkins, the decade-long X-15 rocket plane hypersonic research program was not without its pitfalls.
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Scientists Selected for New Airborne Eye on the Universe
Three astronomers to participate in first scientific observations to be conducted by the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
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NASA Reinstalls Main Mirror in SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Engineers and technicians from NASA, the German Space Agency and the Deutsches SOFIA Institut recently reinstalled the German-built primary mirror assembly into NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, airborne observatory.
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50th Anniversary X-Press
Dryden has made many significant contributions to NASA's mission since the agency's inception five decades ago. The 50th anniversary issue of the X-Press profiles 61 employees and 28 current and past projects.
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STS-119
Mission UpdateSTS-119 is the 28th shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment as well as a new station crew member to the orbital outpost.
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Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Time-lapse video of the Orion Abort Flight Test Demonstrator undergoing weight, balance and center of gravity tests at NASA Dryden.
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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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Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility
Our new aircraft operations facility in Palmdale offers the expanded space needed to manage Dryden's airborne science missions and research platforms.
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Research Update
Current flight research projects and programs being flown at Dryden Flight Research Center.
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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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