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Retired Bellingham air controller kept pilots relaxed
... days, Hamaker liked to move around. He worked in airports in Oakland, Las Vegas, Reno, Sacramento and Edwards Air Force Base in San Diego. One of his best memories is watching the space shuttle Columbia land at Edwards after its first space mission ... Comment?
Next-Gen Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Takes Flight
... two hours from Northrop Grumman Corporation's manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "AF-18, the eleventh of the next-generation Global Hawk Block 20/30/40s to arrive at Edwards Air Force Base, performed ... Comment?
Hand grenade found along Highway 14
... diverted off at Rosamond Blvd. A United States Air Force EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) team from Edwards Air Force Base responded to the location. The EOD team quickly rendered the device safe. Members of the EOD team thought the grenade may ... Comment?
... one of its test pilots: Thunderscreech. "One day, the crew took it out to an isolated test area [at Edwards Air Force Base in California] to run it up," recalls Henry Beaird, a Republic test pilot at the time and one of only two men ever to fly the ... Comment?
US Air Force launches high-altitude UAS
The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have completed a successful test flight of the Global Hawk AF-18. The high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system flew for approximately two hours from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base in California. Comment?
NG successfully flies AF-18 to Edwards
... Global Hawk UAS successfully completed a flight from the company's facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base in Calif. The next-generation long-endurance HALE Global Hawk UAS, designated the AF-18, successfully flew approximately two ... Comment?
Northrop Grumman And U.S. Air Force Fly Next-Generation Global Hawk
... two hours from Northrop Grumman Corporation's manufacturing facility in Palmdale, CA, to Edwards Air Force Base. "AF-18, the eleventh of the next-generation Global Hawk Block 20/30/40s to arrive at Edwards Air Force Base, performed beautifully," ... Comment?
Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman and U.S. Air Force's...
... hours from Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Photos accompanying this release are available at ... Comment?
UA Class Schedule Change Duea
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... 6 months, 1 week, 22 hours, 46 minutes ago A NASA Boeing 747 carrying the shuttle took off from Edwards Air Force Base. Atlantis landed in California Studio City Soaker Posted: 3 months, 2 days, 5 hours, 33 minutes ago A man-made river runs through ... Comment?
Virgin Galactic blasts into the great unknown
... its total staff to 71 full-time employees. In addition the FAA has established field offices at Edwards Air Force Base and NASA's Johnson Space Center in anticipation of increased commercial space launches, according to a recently issued Government ... Comment?
Explosion at private spaceship firm site kills 2
... showed wrecked equipment and vehicles at the airport in the high desert north of Los Angeles near Edwards Air Force Base. Scaled uses nitrous oxide as an oxidizer in its rockets, which are tested at the airport. An oxidizer provides the oxygen that ... Comment?
First six NASA astronauts who made the ultimate sacrifice
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... served as an experimental test pilot and engineering test pilot in the Fighter Projects Office at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA selected Bassett as an astronaut in the third group chosen in October of 1963. Besides participating in the overall ... Comment?
Arellano stars for Cosumnes soccer team as mother
... family. If it's in Southern California, her husband will be nearby, as he soon will be stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in Lancaster. "I want her to finish school (and) keep playing soccer because it's what she really wants to do," Jose Arellano ... Comment?
7 critical commercial spaceflight concerns the US must tackle
... its total staff to 71 full-time employees. In addition the FAA has established field offices at Edwards Air Force Base and NASA's Johnson Space Center in anticipation of increased commercial space launches, the GAO report noted. 2. Who's in charge ... Comment?
7 critical commercial space concerns the US must tackle
... its total staff to 71 full-time employees. In addition the FAA has established field offices at Edwards Air Force Base and NASA's Johnson Space Center in anticipation of increased commercial space launches, the GAO report noted. 2. Who's in charge ... Comment?
Tonight's Movie: A Lady Takes a Chance
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... ARTHUR: THE ACTRESS NOBODY KNEW by John Oller, the movie was filmed in the area around Palmdale and Edwards Air Force Base (called Muroc Air Base in the '40s). Palmdale, in northeast Los Angeles County, is now a city of over 150,000, but back in the ... Comment?
One of NASA's three X-38 Crew Return Vehicle technology demonstrators that flew at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., a decade ago has found a new home in America's heartland. Comment?
Register For The Bicycle Ride Toy Drive
... and Bicycle John's in Acton are co-sponsoring the event to collect toys for military families at Edwards Air Force Base. The cost to ride is $15 or an unwrapped toy. Riders of all skill and fitness levels are welcome. There will be two courses: one ... Comment?
Canadian study looks at `fainting astronaut' syndrome
... been collecting blood samples and blood flow readings from the astronauts upon their return to the Edwards Air Force Base in California. The information will be compared to similar data taken prior and during their space mission, according to a ... Comment?
Next Stop for the Space Elevator: The $2 Million Prize for the 2010 Competition
at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California. The competition was sponsored by The Spaceward Foundation and organized by NASA. Other teams from Kansas and Canada were not as successful in the competition as LaserMotive, which set records for ... Comment?