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NASA image: NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory has become the first science aircraft to be based at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.
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Nov 8, 2007

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory has become the first science aircraft to be based at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory has become the first science aircraft to be based at the Dryden Aircraft...

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NASA image: An aircraft tug tows NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP into Hangar 703 upon arrival at its base, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA.
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Jan 15, 2008

An aircraft tug tows NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP into Hangar 703 upon arrival at its base, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA.

An aircraft tug tows NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP into Hangar 703 upon arrival at its base, the Dryden...

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NASA image: NASA's SOFIA flying infrared observatory banks over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility upon arrival at its new base of operations on Jan. 15, 2008.
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Jan 15, 2008

NASA's SOFIA flying infrared observatory banks over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility upon arrival at its new base of operations on Jan. 15, 2008.

NASA's SOFIA flying infrared observatory banks over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility upon arrival at its new...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Atlantis/STS-98 shortly before being towed to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
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Feb 20, 2001

Space Shuttle Atlantis/STS-98 shortly before being towed to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center

Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at 12:33 p.m. February 20, 2001, on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California,...

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NASA image: 2004 NASA Dryden DC-8 flight crew
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Sep 14, 2004

2004 NASA Dryden DC-8 flight crew

2004 NASA Dryden DC-8 flight crew. Left to Right: Edwin W. Lewis, Jr., Martin J. Trout, Richard G. Ewers, Craig R....

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NASA image: The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight.
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Aug 31, 2005

The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight.

The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research...

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NASA image: The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight.
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Sep 14, 2005

The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight.

The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research...

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NASA image: NASA Dryden's mockup Orion crew module is located in Dryden's Shuttle hangar, where abort flight test equipment is being positioned.
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Sep 25, 2007

NASA Dryden's mockup Orion crew module is located in Dryden's Shuttle hangar, where abort flight test equipment is being positioned.

NASA Dryden's mockup Orion crew module is located in Dryden's Shuttle hangar, where abort flight test equipment is...

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NASA image: STS-117 landing at Dryden
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Jun 22, 2007

STS-117 landing at Dryden

STS117-S-053 (22 June 2007) --- Accompanied by a convoy of recovery vehicles, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed up...

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NASA image: STS-117 landing at Dryden
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Jun 22, 2007

STS-117 landing at Dryden

STS117-S-054 (22 June 2007) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base to...

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NASA image: STS-117 landing at Dryden
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Jun 22, 2007

STS-117 landing at Dryden

STS117-S-056 (25 June 2007) --- The space shuttle Atlantis receives postflight servicing in the Mate-Demate Device...

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NASA image: STS-117 landing at Dryden
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Jun 22, 2007

STS-117 landing at Dryden

STS117-S-055 (23 June 2007) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis receives post-flight servicing in the Mate-Demate Device...

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NASA image: 2004 NASA Dryden Research Pilots
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Sep 10, 2004

2004 NASA Dryden Research Pilots

2004 NASA Dryden Research Pilots. Left to Right: Edwin W. Lewis, Jr., David A. Wright (Director of Flight...

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NASA image: DC-8 Airborne Laboratory arrival at NASA Dryden
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Dec 29, 1997

DC-8 Airborne Laboratory arrival at NASA Dryden

NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science platform landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to join the fleet of aircraft at...

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NASA image: NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force upon its return to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Nov. 8, 2007
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Nov 8, 2007

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force upon its return to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Nov. 8, 2007

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force upon its return to NASA...

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NASA image: NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., upon arrival November 8
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Nov 8, 2007

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., upon arrival November 8

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at Air Force Plant 42...

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NASA image: NASA Dryden research pilot Gordon Fullerton is greeted by his wife Marie on the Dryden ramp after his final flight in a NASA F/A-18 on Dec. 21, 2007.
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Dec 21, 2007

NASA Dryden research pilot Gordon Fullerton is greeted by his wife Marie on the Dryden ramp after his final flight in a NASA F/A-18 on Dec. 21, 2007.

NASA Dryden research pilot Gordon Fullerton is greeted by his wife Marie on the Dryden ramp after his final flight...

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NASA image: PIK-20 Aircraft in Flight
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Sep 12, 1991

PIK-20 Aircraft in Flight

This photo shows NASA's PIK-20E motor-glider sailplane during a research flight from the Ames-Dryden Flight Research...

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NASA image: Rogers Dry Lake served as a backdrop for a mockup Orion crew module built by NASA Dryden's Fabrication Branch as it was relocated to Dryden's Shuttle hangar.
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Sep 25, 2007

Rogers Dry Lake served as a backdrop for a mockup Orion crew module built by NASA Dryden's Fabrication Branch as it was relocated to Dryden's Shuttle hangar.

Rogers Dry Lake serves as a backdrop for a mockup Orion crew module built by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's...

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NASA image: X-40A arrives at NASA Dryden - on ramp
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May 19, 2000

X-40A arrives at NASA Dryden - on ramp

The X-40A SMV being delivered to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California.

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NASA image: X-40A arrives at NASA Dryden - in hangar
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May 19, 2000

X-40A arrives at NASA Dryden - in hangar

The X-40A SMV being delivered to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California.

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NASA image: More than 200 Dryden staff formed two long lines on the Dryden ramp to greet retired research pilot Gordon Fullerton after his final flight in a NASA F/A-18.
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Dec 21, 2007

More than 200 Dryden staff formed two long lines on the Dryden ramp to greet retired research pilot Gordon Fullerton after his final flight in a NASA F/A-18.

Long-time NASA Dryden research pilot and former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton capped an almost 50-year flying...

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NASA image: Star Trek Cast and Crew Visit NASA Dryden in 1967
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Apr 13, 1967

Star Trek Cast and Crew Visit NASA Dryden in 1967

The 1960s Star Trek television series’ cast members visit NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, now Armstrong, in...

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NASA image: Star Trek Cast and Crew Visit NASA Dryden in 1967
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Apr 13, 1967

Star Trek Cast and Crew Visit NASA Dryden in 1967

The 1960s Star Trek television series’ cast members visit NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, now Armstrong, in...

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