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Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility
Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale offers the expanded space needed to manage the Center's airborne science missions and research platforms.
This Week in Dryden's History
A collection of historical facts and events from Dryden's last 50 years.
Dryden Tours Cancelled
Due to budgetary constraints, group and individual tours of Dryden Flight Research Center have been cancelled effective Dec. 16, 2011.
DFRC Severe Weather Instructions
Employee procedures for determining if Dryden is open for a normal workday during severe weather conditions.
Dryden News and Features
News and Features
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NASA's Bill Barry: Yes, There Really was a Moon Race
NASA chief historian recounts the history of the Soviet Union's lunar landing programs at a Dryden colloquium.
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NASA Airborne Science: Studying our Environment
News media and social media followers learn about NASA's airborne Earth and environmental science program, briefed on current and upcoming missions.
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NASA Dryden: Testing the Technologies of the Future
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck tours center, briefed on research that could have major impact on future aircraft and spacecraft systems.
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Edwards AFB, NASA Dryden Honor Martin Luther King
Edwards Air Force Base, NASA Dryden join to honor the memory of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at memorial observance and parade Jan. 17.
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PODEX Flights Could Reshape Atmospheric Science
Polarimeter Definition Experiment on NASA ER-2 to check out three prototype polarimeters that gauge the intensity and polarization of reflected light.
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Into the Stratosphere for Better Climate Science
ATTREX mission on NASA's Global Hawk to aid scientists in understanding how chemistry of the upper atmosphere is changing Earth in a warming climate.
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'Gliding' to Space: A Novel Means of Space Launch
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is exploring the Towed Glider Air-Launch Concept, a novel technique to rocket satellites into orbit.
Dryden Spotlight
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Research Update
Current flight research projects and programs being flown at Dryden Flight Research Center.
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NASA Dryden FY2011
Citizen ReportNASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has issued its Citizen Report for fiscal year 2011, outlining the center's work and economic impact on the local community during the year.
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SOFIA
NASA is developing the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - as a world-class airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space telescopes and major Earth-based telescopes.
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NASA Dryden and the Space Shuttles
Although most followers of NASA's Space Shuttle Program associate the shuttles with NASA's space-oriented field centers, major contributions to the shuttles' development occurred at NASA's four research field centers. Learn about some of NASA Dryden's contributions to space shuttle development and support in this series of historical articles
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X-15 Interactive Feature
The sensational, iconic, and groundbreaking X-15 hypersonic research aircraft extended flight to the edge of space during the 1950s and 1960s.
X-Press Publications
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X-Press: NASA 747 SCA Delivers History
As the awe-inspiring 30-year Space Shuttle Program comes to a close, a set of flights added to its spectacular history.
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X-Press: Shuttle Tribute
Dryden played an important role in the shuttle program from its earliest stages. The space shuttle prototype Enterprise was flown at the center in a 1977 series of flight tests that evaluated glide and landing characteristics of the 100-ton vehicles.
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Aerovations
Expanding on initiatives of the former Innovative Partnerships Program, new opportunities are nurturing innovations inside and outside of NASA.
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Multimedia
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Aircraft Imagery
Photos, video and graphics of Dryden aircraft