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Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at Edwards AFB

(U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara)
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NASA Endeavor ferry flight

NASA 905, a modified Boeing 747, will ferry Space Shuttle Endeavor from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Sept. 17, across the country to its final destination, Los Angeles, landing Sept. 20. On the morning of Sept. 20, the 747 and Endeavour will take off from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center here at Edwards and perform a flyover of Palmdale, Lancaster and Rosamond before heading for a low-level flyover of Northern California. The aircraft also will conduct a flyover of many Los Angeles sites before landing about 11 a.m. PDT at LAX. (NASA photo)
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NASA Dryden Scholarship

Accompanied by her parents, Michael and Jennifer Thomson, Rachel Thomson, recipient of the 2012 NASA Dryden Employee Exchange Scholarship, is congratulated by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center director David McBride. (NASA / Tony Landis)
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Phantom Eye

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NASA book

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NASA Dryden road closure

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NASA atronaut Mike Fossom visits Edwards AFB

(U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara)
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ASTRONAUT VISIT STS-135

The flight crew of NASA’s last space shuttle mission sign autographs following a presentation and a question-and-answer session at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB Aug. 23. Pictured from left to right are: Doug Hurley, pilot; Rex Walheim, mission specialist; Sandra Magnus, mission specialist and Chris Ferguson, mission commander. (Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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NASA scholarship

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center director David McBride congratulates Emily Wright, recipient of the 2011 NASA Dryden Employee Exchange Council Scholarship. (NASA photo by Tom Tschida)
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30th ANN of Shuttle landing

Retired Navy Captain Robert Crippin, the pilot of the first space shuttle launched into space, speaks at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base on April 15. Captain Crippin visited Edwards and was the guest speaker at a dinner commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the first space shuttle. (Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)
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NASA Bill Gries

Recently retired Edwards Air Force Base airspace manager Bill Gries has been honored with a NASA "Silver Snoopy" award for his service as coordinator of space shuttle landing contingency support at Edwards. NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins presented the award to Mr. Gries during a brief ceremony at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center June 14. A former air traffic controller at Edwards, Gries coordinated all space shuttle landing support activities from Department of Defense facilities in the high desert area, including the Naval Air Warfare Station at China Lake and Fort Irwin, Calif. (NASA photo by Tony Landis)
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NASA Rededication

Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, tries his hand at controlling a robot built by the NASA Dryden-sponsored Power Through Higher Innovation robotics team that competed in this year's FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition. Robots from several local high school robotics teams demonstrated their capabilities during the open house, which followed the reopening of NASA Dryden's Educator Resource and Visitor Centers at the Aero Institute in Palmdale, Calif., May 19. (NASA photo by Tony Landis)
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NASA Open house

Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, gets in front of the camera during a demonstration of NASA Dryden's interactive Digital Learning Network studio next to DLN coordinator David Alexander. General Eichhorn represented the AFFTC at the rededication of Dryden's Educator Resource and Visitor Centers at the Aero Institute in Palmdale, Calif., May 19. (NASA photo by Tony Landis)
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NASA ER-2

NASA sent its ER-2 research aircraft from California to Texas on May 6 for a series of flights to map the oil spill and coastal areas with an advanced instrument onboard. (NASA photo)
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Welcome home, Atlantis

Space shuttle STS-125 Atlantis lands at Edwards May 24 after completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space. The Atlantis crew performed five spacewalks on five consecutive days to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. In preperation for this, Edwards is required to undergo two exercises a year by Human Space Flight to ensure the base's capabilities to support a shuttle landing meets NASA's standards. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
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Welcome home, Atlantis

Space shuttle STS-125 Atlantis lands at Edwards May 24 after completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space. The Atlantis crew performed five spacewalks on five consecutive days to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. In preperation for this, Edwards is required to undergo two exercises a year by Human Space Flight to ensure the base's capabilities to support a shuttle landing meets NASA's standards. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
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Welcome home, Atlantis

Space shuttle STS-125 Atlantis lands at Edwards May 24 after completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space. The Atlantis crew performed five spacewalks on five consecutive days to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the 53rd time NASA has been required to use Edwards as its alternate landing site. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
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Welcome home, Atlantis

Space shuttle STS-125 Atlantis lands at Edwards May 24 after completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space. The Atlantis crew performed five spacewalks on five consecutive days to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the 126th shuttle mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
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Welcome home, Atlantis

Space shuttle STS-125 Atlantis lands at Edwards May 24 after completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space. The Atlantis crew performed five spacewalks on five consecutive days to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
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NASA director bids farewell

Kevin Petersen (left), NASA Dryden Flight Research Center director, is congratulated by Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn (right), Air Force Flight Test Center commander, following Mr. Petersen's last flight as NASA Dryden director. General Eichhorn flew chase in an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon during the sortie. (NASA photo/Tom Tschida)
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