May 25, 2010 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.
May 11, 2010 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
Dec. 6, 2011 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
Dec. 29, 2009 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
March 23, 2010 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,
May 10, 2010 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
Oct. 22, 2024 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
Sept. 2, 2009 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
Nov. 9, 2007 NASA research pilot Edwin Lewis dies in crash Edwin W. Lewis Jr., a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center here, died in the crash of a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 the evening of Nov. 8. Lewis was flying with another Civil Air Patrol member, who also perished in the aircraft when it crashed southwest of Las Vegas. The cause of
July 15, 2008 NASA researchers evaluate sensor technology NASA researchers are evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active control of wing shape. Controlling a wing's shape in flight would allow it to take advantage of aerodynamics and improve overall aircraft efficiency. The Fiber Optic Wing Shape