NASA Dryden entrance road to close for repairs, repaving

The main entrance road to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center off Rosamond Blvd. on base will close May 21 for a major repair and repaving project. Lilly Ave. is expected to remain closed throughout the summer until the project is completed. The temporary alternate entrance will be located on

NASA Dryden receives two Global Hawks

NASA Dryden rededicates Educator Resource and Visitor Centers

The Aero Institute in Palmdale, Calif. held an open house where NASA Dryden Flight Research Center rededicated its Educator Resource and Visitor Centers, May 19.  Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, represented Edwards at the event. 

NASA Dryden sponsors robotic tool kit educator workshop

Educators are invited to explore the use of robotics in the classroom during a workshop May 22 at the AERO Institute in Palmdale. Sponsored by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Office of Education, the educational workshop is offered free of charge.The event will focus on NASA's robotics tool kit

NASA Dryden to construct new Facilities Support Center

NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded an $11.2 million contract to Comfort & Hays Electric, Inc. of Long Beach, Calif., for construction of a 38,000-square-foot Facilities Support Center at its main campus at Edwards. The single-story building will provide office and technical spaces for

NASA flight tests unique jumbo jet with opening in side

A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Dec. 18, when doors covering the telescope were fully opened in flight.The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a modified 747SP jet known as SOFIA, flew for one

NASA IceBridge mission prepares for study of arctic glaciers

NASA's Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice, kicks off its second year of study when NASA aircraft arrive in Greenland March 22.NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory departed the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. for Thule, Greenland,

NASA opens applications for 'inspired' high school students

High school students in the United States are invited to participate in NASA's Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, or INSPIRE, through the program's online learning community.Applications are being accepted from Monday, May 3 through Wednesday, June 30. NASA

NASA Pilots Add Perspective to Research

NASA research pilots are experts on how to achieve the right flight-test conditions for experiments and the tools needed for successful missions. It is that expertise that enables pilots to help researchers learn how an aircraft can fly their technology innovations and save time and money, while

NASA Research flights to cause sonic booms on base

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center will conduct a series of research flights on Wednesday morning, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 12 that will result in multiple sonic booms being heard in the local area of Edwards. The experiments will examine the structural response of large office buildings to both