Science news articles about 'edwards air force base'

  • Unmanned aircraft to study Southern California smog and its consequences

    ... skies. The flights will take place at Edwards Air Force Base near Rosamond, Calif. ... smoke from wildfires. Researchers have seen evidence that this air pollution can mix with falling snow and accelerate ...
  • NASA responds to California wildfire emergency imaging request

    ... s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. The flights are originating from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Ikhana's onboard sensor can detect ...
  • NASA evaluates new wing sensor

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., July 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said it is evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active wing shape ...
  • New NASA capsule Orion resembles Apollo

    The agency unveils the test module for structural testing at Edwards Air Force Base. The capsule, which is designed to carry humans to the moon, looks a lot like the one that first ...
  • New NASA capsule Orion resembles Apollo

    The agency unveils the test module for structural testing at Edwards Air Force Base. The capsule, designed to carry humans to the moon, looks a lot like the one that first did so four ...
  • Space shuttle lands smoothly in California

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour glided to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sunday, returning to Earth from a ...
  • Shuttle's Calif. departure delayed

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The space shuttle Endeavour's departure from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for Florida was delayed Saturday due to technical problems, NASA said.
  • Endeavour is en route back to Florida

    ... . 10 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Endeavour, bolted on top of a Boeing 747, was en route to the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday from Edwards Air Force Base in California.
  • NASA to fly unmanned drone for science research

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- There will be a powerful new scientific eye in the sky come ... research. One of the two Global Hawks, a version of the Air Force's top-of-the-line unmanned spy ...
  • NASA's Kevin Petersen to retire

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., March 10 (UPI) -- Kevin Petersen, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, says ...
  • Space shuttle Atlantis lands in California

    ... crew landed at 8:39 AM PDT Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base, California, completing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis' astronauts conducted five ...
  • NASA plans 2009 Power-Beaming Challenge

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it is making the final preparations for its 2009 Power Beaming Challenge, part of the fourth annual Space Elevator Games.
  • Atlantis begins ferry flight home from Calif.

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis has begun its ferry flight home from California to Florida....
  • ESA astronaut returns to Earth with Columbus lab experiment

    ESA PR 22-2009. Space Shuttle Discovery landed early this morning at Edwards Air Force Base, California, 02:53 CEST (00:53 UT), completing all objectives of the 14-day ...
  • Discovery readied for a return to Florida

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says space shuttle Discovery, which landed Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, is ready to return to Florida.

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