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Updates for February 2008
DFRC Photo # Photo Date Image Description
ED08-0095-12 April 8, 2008 Industrial College of the Armed Forces students on a VIP tour receive a briefing on the Ikhana unmanned air vehicle from NASA Dryden pilot Mark Pestana.
ED08-0050-09 February 22, 2008 Students from the Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Bakersfield, CA, pass by one of NASA Dryden's F-18 chase aircraft during a tour.
ED08-0041-203 April 18, 2008 Technicians carefully guide SOFIA's primary mirror assembly on its transport cradle into a clean room where it is being prepared for shipment to NASA Ames.
ED08-0041-199 April 18, 2008 SOFIA's primary mirror assembly is cradled on its dolly as technicians prepare to move it into a "clean room" at NASA Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility.
ED08-0041-181 April 18, 2008 Technicians position the transport cradle as a crane lowers SOFIA's primary mirror assembly into place prior to finish coating of the mirror at NASA Ames.
ED08-0041-171 April 18, 2008 Technicians with ropes carefully guide the primary mirror assembly as a crane slowly moves it toward its transport cradle after removal from the SOFIA aircraft.
ED08-0041-165 April 18, 2008 The SOFIA primary mirror assembly is cautiously lifted from its cavity in the modified 747 by a crane in preparation for finish coating operations at NASA Ames.
ED08-0088-15 April 1, 2008 NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory lifts off the runway at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on its first flight in the ARCTAS atmospheric science mission.
ED08-0085-157 April 1, 2008 NASA's first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module was placed in NASA Dryden's Abort Flight Test integration area for equipment installation.
ED08-0085-145 April 1, 2008 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center personnel accompany NASA's first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module as it heads to it's new home.
ED08-0085-111 April 1, 2008 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center technicians accompany NASA's first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module as it heads to it's new home.
ED08-0085-105 April 1, 2008 Sporting a fresh paint job, NASA's first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module awaits avionics and other equipment installation.
ED08-0085-092 March 31, 2008 A NASA technician paints NASA's first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module.
ED08-0085-079 March 29, 2008 A NASA painter applies the first primer coat to NASA's Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module in the Edwards Air Force Base paint hangar.
ED08-0085-066 March 29, 2008 Paint shop technicians carefully apply masking prior to painting the Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module in the Edwards Air Force Base paint hangar.
ED08-0085-047 March 29, 2008 NASA paint shop technicians prepare the Orion full-scale flight test crew module for painting in the Edwards Air Force Base paint hangar.
ED08-0085-027 March 28, 2008 Air Force loadmasters oversee unloading of the full-scale Orion abort test crew module mockup from a C-17 cargo aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base March 28.

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