Over the next few weeks, an ER-2 high altitude research aircraft will take part in the development of two future satellite instruments.
Thousands of spectators gathered at Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park to catch a glimpse of space shuttle Endeavour atop its 747 carrier aircraft.
Space shuttle Endeavour atop its 747 carrier aircraft landed at Los Angeles International Airport after a tour of California to end its flight career.
Jon Brack shot this panoramic view of the pilots' and flight engineer's stations on NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for National Geographic.
Read details in Jay Levine's feature on the NASA Social hosted at NASA Dryden in connection with the space shuttle Endeavour's final ferry flight.
Low-level flyovers and two stopovers planned as last space shuttle built is ferried to Los Angeles for permanent display at California Science Center.
NASA began its latest hurricane science mission, dubbed HS3, when an unmanned NASA Global Hawk flew over Tropical Storm Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean.
Current flight research projects and programs being flown at Dryden Flight Research Center.
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has issued its Citizen Report for fiscal year 2011, outlining the center's work and economic impact on the local community during the year.
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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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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The sensational, iconic, and groundbreaking X-15 hypersonic research aircraft extended flight to the edge of space during the 1950s and 1960s.
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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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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Expanding on initiatives of the former Innovative Partnerships Program, new opportunities are nurturing innovations inside and outside of NASA.
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Photos, video and graphics of Dryden aircraft