By Jason Rhian, on May 10th, 2013 In this artist’s illustration, Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser spacecraft is depicted landing. Image Credit: SNC
The Dream Chaser space plane, in development by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) under NASA’s commercial efforts to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station, is one milestone closer to launch.
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By NASA, on April 13th, 2013 The unique X-48B Blended Wing Body subscale demonstrator banks over desert scrub at Edwards AFB. NASA photo / Carla Thomas
EDWARDS, Calif — NASA’s remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial air travel, completed an eight-month flight research campaign on April 9.
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By News Release, on January 16th, 2013 A P-3B turboprop from Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., will fly close to the ground to measure air pollution during the month-long DISCOVER-AQ mission in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Photo Credit: NASA Wallops/Patrick Black
WASHINGTON — A multi-year NASA airborne science mission is on its way to California to help scientists […]
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By News Release, on December 8th, 2012
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WASHINGTON — NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event Jan. 25 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif.
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By Mike Killian, on September 12th, 2012
NASA’s 747 being prepared for the move into the ‘mate de-mate’ device.Photo Credit Julian Leek / Blue Sawtooth Studios
NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, identified by its tail number as NASA 905, arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday afternoon to ferry the retired space shuttle Endeavour […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 11th, 2012
NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) executes a ‘crabbing’ maneuver due to high crosswinds, before lining up with the runway. Photo Credit: Julian Leek/Blue Sawtooth Studios
NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida earlier this afternoon after a 6-hour cross-country flight from Edwards Air Force […]
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By Mike Killian, on August 8th, 2012
Boeing’s prototype X-48C took to the skies for the first time Tuesday, performing a 9-minute test flight over NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Facility at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. Photo Credit: NASA/Boeing
On August 7, 2011, NASA and Boeing successfully flew their experimental X-48C aircraft over NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center […]
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By Press Release, on February 15th, 2012 GENIE and Xombie on the pad: Masten Space Systems' Xombie rocket with Draper Laboratory's GENIE flight control system rests on its launch pad at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Photo Credit: Draper Lab
MOJAVE, Calif. – The first successful free flight of a new rocket-powered vertical landing demonstrator occurred recently […]
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