NASA Deploys Planes, Targets Satellites to Aid in Oil Spill Response

NASA has mobilized its remote-sensing assets to help assess the spread and impact of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the request of U.S. disaster response agencies.As part of the national response to the spill, NASA deployed its instrumented research aircraft the Earth

NASA director bids farewell

NASA Dryden awards contracts to research integration of UAVs into national

NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently awarded contracts to six research and development firms to assist the center in meeting the goals of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System, or UAS in the NAS, project. In addition, cooperative agreements were issued to

NASA Dryden Employee Exchange Council Scholarship given to 2011 Desert High School graduate

The NASA Dryden Employee Exchange Council has presented its 2011 Thomas W. Finch Memorial Scholarship Award to a 2011 graduate of Desert High School on base.Scholarship winner Emily Wright plans to study Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California at Irvine this fall. She was a

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