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thank you George happy new year from

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nasa's dryden flight research facility

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on california's high desert I'm Don

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Haley from the Dryden Public Affairs

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Office one of the major highlights at

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Dryden this past year was the opening of

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this small teacher resource center since

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we're fairly distant from the TRC's at

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major NASA centers it's given our local

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teachers easier access to NASA's

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educational programs and the wealth of

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expanding again on the education theme

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we had special displays and guest

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astronauts for students we invited from

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the five Southern California counties

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surrounding Dryden for the landing of

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the Space Shuttle Endeavor on its maiden

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flight last May the thousands of

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students here saw for the first time a

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drag chute used by a Space Shuttle

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Orbiter

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another highlight was the grand opening

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of the integrated test facility the ITF

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gives researchers the ability to operate

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and observe various aircraft systems

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simultaneously prior to their research

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flight this unique capability speeds up

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in enhances systems integration and

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pre-flight checks on all types of

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research aircraft and the ITF can be

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used by up to six aircraft at the same

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time

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in the important area of high angle of

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attack research Dryden this past year

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was involved with three aircraft flying

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these types of missions the f-18 the x31

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the f-18 with its three access thrust

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vectoring system for high AOA

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controllability achieved 70 degrees in

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sustained flight in nasa's study of air

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flow characteristics control surface

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interaction and engine performance at

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these flight conditions

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researchers are also looking at the x31

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with its thrust vectoring system for

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greater maneuvering capability the x31

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is being flown at Dryden by an

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international test organization and it

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has also reached 70 degrees angle of

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attack in sustained flight the program

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is managed by the defense advanced

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research projects agency darpa and could

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someday lead to fleets of

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high-performance fighters with thrust

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vectoring systems for better control

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ability at high angles of attack

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this past year Dryden participated in

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another flight project with the x29

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forward swept wing experimental aircraft

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the third doing hi aoa work at Dryden

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the unique aircraft was modified with

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vortex flow controls at the nose in a

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study of using small gas thrusters for

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better control ability at high angles of

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attack

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it was a very successful project which

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produced a lot of good research data in

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a very short time

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the triple sonic sr-71 is now being used

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as a high-speed high-altitude research

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platform and data from these types of

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missions will be used in the development

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of future high-speed civil transports

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locally Dryden families and students

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from nearby lake los angeles school our

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adoptive school partners we're thrilled

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when one of our three blackbirds cruise

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over head during Dryden's family day

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program

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just before the holidays nasa's highly

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modified 990 now a landing systems

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research aircraft got into the air for

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the first time in several years on a

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functional check flight in preparation

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for space shuttle landing gear systems

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tests to begin soon as part of NASA's

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ongoing effort to upgrade and improve

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systems on the orbiters

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discoveries last minute visit to Dryden

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on December 9th rounded out this year's

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Space Shuttle missions as it flew south

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over the western edge of the United

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States for midday landing on the main

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runway at Edwards and Dryden shuttle

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support crews will be eagerly awaiting

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the missions of 1993 to help land and

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service the orbiters when weather

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diverts them to Dryden

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as the new year began our aircraft crews

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were busy at the Kennedy Space Center in

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Florida preparing Dryden's venerable

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b-52 to air launched a Pegasus space

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booster from the pylon on the right wing

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on a mission to place a Brazilian

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satellite into orbit from

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Dryden happy New Year to everyone with

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NASA and now we go to Don James at the