Dryden Flight Research Center - Edwards, CA

X-48B Blended Wing Body Dryden Flight Research Center is NASA's primary center for atmospheric flight research and operations. NASA Dryden is critical in carrying out the agency's missions of space exploration, space operations, scientific discovery, and aeronautical research and development (R&D). Projects over the past 50 years have lead to major advancements in the design and capabilities of many civilian and military aircraft. Other mission elements at Dryden include aeronautical flight research in support of global civil aviation, revolutionary technology leaps and access to space, support development and operations of the space shuttle and future access-to-space vehicles, airborne science missions and flight operations, and piloted and uninhabited aircraft testbeds for research and science missions. Dryden is a backup landing site for the Space Shuttle program and is a facility to test and validate design concepts and systems used in development and operation of the orbiters.


Map of Edwards, CA

Majors:

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics

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