July 14, 2008 NASA responds to California wildfire emergency imaging request A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state. The flights by the NASA unmanned Ikhana aircraft are using a sophisticated Autonomous Modular
March 5, 2015 NASA 'salutes' Team Edwards NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center opened its doors to Team Edwards March 2 during its first ever SALUTE event. Salute stands for Science and Aerospace Leaders United as Team Edwards. Throughout the day there were various speakers and demonstrations in the two "NASA Talks" locations. A
Aug. 10, 2011 NASA seeks volunteers to help research sonic booms to aid future aircraft design More volunteers are needed to aid in research for a study on sonic booms.The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center kicked-off a study on sonic booms in late June. The NASA-sponsored team began recruiting residents of Edwards Air Force Base who will complete short questionnaire surveys when they notice
June 18, 2013 NASA selects former Edwards test pilot for 2013 astronaut candidate class NASA officials selected an Airman as one of the eight military and civilian candidates to become an astronaut trainee. After a 1 ½ year search, officials chose Lt. Col. Tyler N. Hague, the Department of Defense deputy chief of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, out of more
June 9, 2009 NASA sonic boom tests set for Thursday The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center will be conducting a series of F/A-18 flights on June 11, that could result in multiple sonic booms being heard in the local area. The booms would occur roughly between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. June 12 is a backup flight date if the flights cannot be completed on
Nov. 4, 2011 NASA WSRP sonic boom study to commence Friday, Nov 4 The test phase of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's sonic boom study will commence Friday, Nov 4 and continue through November. Weather permitting the research orientation flight (the first test flight) will take place at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Sonic boom monitoring equipment has been placed in
May 10, 2007 NASA, Edwards practice for future shuttle landings NASA and Edwards are geared up and prepared for future shuttle landings as they finished a successful space shuttle exercise here Saturday. With Edwards as the secondary landing site for space shuttle landings, more than 150 Edwards personnel and another 150 people from NASA, Fort Irwin, Calif.,
Aug. 27, 2014 NASA, Edwards say goodbye to historic landmark A structure synonymous with NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center for the past 38 years, the grey-colored space shuttle Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at Edwards Air Force Base is being dismantled and demolished as a part of the final chapter in the U.S. space shuttle program.The decision comes three
Sept. 15, 2014 NASA's shuttle carrier aircraft settles down in Palmdale Retired NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911, one of two modified Boeing 747 jetliners that ferried NASA's space shuttles for decades, moved to its new home at Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Sept.12. The 747's final journey was a ground tow from the NASA Armstrong aircraft operations facility less than a
Oct. 27, 2017 National Disability Employment Awareness Month facts In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Edwards NDEAM Committee has provided a few facts from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. - In 2004, the United States Supreme Court heard Tennessee v. Lane, a case in which individuals sued the state of Tennessee