NASA chief historian recounts the history of the Soviet Union's lunar landing programs at a Dryden colloquium.
News media and social media followers learn about NASA's airborne Earth and environmental science program, briefed on current and upcoming missions.
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck tours center, briefed on research that could have major impact on future aircraft and spacecraft systems.
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.
Polarimeter Definition Experiment on NASA ER-2 to check out three prototype polarimeters that gauge the intensity and polarization of reflected light.
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.
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is exploring the Towed Glider Air-Launch Concept, a novel technique to rocket satellites into orbit.
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