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A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened in flight.

While a contract agreement hasn't been reached between the Tulare high school district and the California Teachers Association, both sides say they are eager to come to an agreement.

Which saves more fuel - improving an 8mpg vehicle to 10mpg, or a 25mpg vehicle to 50mpg? Run the numbers and you'll see that you save the most from improving the 8mpg one.

An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.

NASA has awarded $900,000 in prize money to a Seattle company that successfully demonstrated new wireless energy beaming technology which could one day be used to help power a "space elevator." LaserMotive of Seattle was awarded the money after its performance in the Power Beaming Challenge competition, which was a demonstration of wireless power ...

Rocketing off to space? Some think an elevator might be the way to go. The so-called space elevator is the future goal of this week's $2 million Space Elevator Games in the Mojave Desert.

Edwards Air Force Base is where the kids will want to go on Saturday. The sky is where to look when you get to Edwards Air Force Base.

Moving Image Archive > NASA Images > X-5 on Ramp - Front View, Wings Swept X-5 on Ramp - Front View, Wings Swept This NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph of the X-5 was taken at the South Base of Edwards Air Force Base.

Pathfinder on lakebed after test flight Crew members service the Pathfinder solar-powered aircraft on Rogers Dry Lake after a research flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.

Moving Image Archive > NASA Images > Ground crewmen help guide the alignment of the X-40A as the experimental craft is gently lowered to Ground crewmen help guide the alignment of the X-40A as the experimental craft is gently lowered to Ground crewmen help guide the alignment of the X-40 technology demonstrator as the experimental craft is gently ...

Moving Image Archive > NASA Images > Dryden/Edwards 1994 Thrust-Vectoring Aircraft Fleet - F-18 HARV, X-31, F-16 MATV NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center Dryden/Edwards 1994 Thrust-Vectoring Aircraft Fleet - F-18 HARV, X-31, F-16 MATV The three thrust-vectoring aircraft at Edwards, California, each capable of flying at extreme angles of attack, ...

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Saturday, September 19, 2009 Source: Dryden Flight Research Center - Comments Synopsis/Solicitation Combo - Sep 16, 2009 On-Line RFQ - Posted on Sep 16, 2009 Statement of Work - Posted on Sep 16, 2009 General Information Solicitation Number: NND09312590Q Posted Date: Sep 16, 2009 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Sep 16, 2009 ...

This blog focuses on the nuts-and-bolts of space technology. We're interested in the hardware that's actually going into orbit and beyond.

After landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sept. 11, space shuttle Discovery is about to start its cross-country journey back to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

EDWARDS, Calif.: Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with an 5:53 p.m. PDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

The Space Shuttle is expected to land in eastern Kern County just before 6 p.m. Friday night.

Mission Control ordered Discovery and its seven astronauts to aim for a Friday evening touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base, after bad weather prevented them from returning to Florida for the second day in a row.

Deteriorating and unstable weather conditions in eastern Florida have led space shuttle mission managers to call off Thursday evening's scheduled landing of Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Hot enough for you? I'm really done with this summer on many levels. Bring on El Nio.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, August 13, 2009 Source: Dryden Flight Research Center - Comments EDWARDS, Calif.