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NASA Dryden Flight Research Highlights 2010

Courtesy: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)

NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center flew a wide variety of research, developmental and environmental science missions during 2010. This video montage produced by the NASA Dryden video team depicts many of the unique and specialized aircraft, flight test projects and science missions flown by the center during 2010 in support of NASA and other organizations’ research goals.

 
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NASA’s SOFIA flying observatory recently completed the second series of envelope-expansion flight tests with its telescope door open. The SOFIA is now fully cleared for astronomy missions at altitudes up to 45,000 feet and telescope elevations up to 58 degrees. After installation and checkout of remaining systems, the airborne observatory will begin infrared astronomy missions late this year.

 
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