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... that Col. Joseph F. Cotton (USAF), XB-70 test director; Col. James G. Scott (USAF), Edwards AFB information officer; and John S. McCollom, Director of Research Vehicles for Aeronautical Systems Div., had ... -launched from B-52 aircraft at $5,000-ft. altitude in third glide flight from Edwards AFB . Purposes of flight were determining effect of increasing mach number and minimum damper requirements, and ...

... sound arrivals were recorded. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' President Nixon accepted pro forma resignation of Dr. Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council. Appointed by President Kennedy in ... Star, 2/5/69, 1)'' XB-70 supersonic research aircraft was flown from Edwards AFB , Calif." to Wright-Patterson AFB , Ohio, to be placed on exhibit at Air Force Museum. Flight had been ...

... , manpower, and money requirements before the House Committee. USAF Atlas–E ICBM launched from Vandenberg AFB , the first such launch from this base. NASA announced that it would acquire launch facility ... space technology, and called for continued close cooperation with NASA. Ejection capsule test at Edwards AFB , Chief W/O Edward J. Murray (USAF) was ejected from B-58 flying at 565 mph and ...

... 5.33) in a test of a special adaptive control system. Flight was made from Edwards AFB , Calif., NASA’s Neil Armstrong as pilot. Attempt at first flight test of NASA's ... in the USAF's space pilot school. The class, to begin on June 18 at Edwards AFB , Calif., would include LCdr. Lloyd N. Hoover (USN), Majs. Donald M. Sorlie and Byron F ...

... at Edwards AFB ; and the Holloman AFB R&D establishment (later AFMDC). Later the Arnold Engineering Development Center (Tullahoma, Tenn.) ; AF Armament Center (Eglin AFB, Fla.) ; and the AF Special Weapons Center (Kirtland AFB, N ...

... USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. Tests of the valves installed in two F-15s at Edwards AFB , Calif., had checked their reliability under flight conditions. Alar Products, Inc., Macedonia, 0., was manufacturing ... serve east coast launches using the IUS, and three would serve polar launches from Vandenberg AFB . Differences between the 34D and Titan HID included solid-fuel rocket motors lengthened 5ft each ...

... .91 kg Orbiter Weight at Landing = 88,540.45 kg Landed = Concrete runway 22 at Edwards AFB, Calif. Orbits of Earth = 79 Orbital Altitude = 160 nautical miles (184 statute miles) Crew '''Commander ... , to no avail. The experiment is being redesigned for future flight tests. Discovery landed on Edwards AFB runway 22 at 14:36, March 18, after 4 days, 23 hrs, 39 mns in ...

... .27 kg Orbiter Weight at Landing = 102,970.00 kg Landed = Concrete runway 22 at Edwards AFB, Calif. Orbits of Earth = 146 Orbital Altitude = 160 nautical miles (184 statute miles) Crew '''Commander ... make repairs was not needed. The 9-day, 2-hr, 14-mn mission ended on Edwards AFB runway 22 at 15:39, June 14. EVA Payload Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS)-1 with ...

... the USAF Academy in 1981. He completed Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, in 1983, and was selected to fly the F-15. From 1983 until 1991 ... ready pilot and instructor pilot in the F-15 at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, Bitburg Air Base Germany, and Langely AFB, Virginia. He completed the F-15 United States Fighter Weapons Instructor ... the USAF Test Pilot School and was honored as a distinguished graduate. He remained at Edwards AFB, California, where he conducted tests in all models of the F-16. Spaceflight Experience NASA ...

... . After spending 1990 as a student at the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base , California, Ford flew flight test missions in the F-16 Fighting Falcon ... August 28, 2009 from the Kennedy Space Center and landed on September 11, 2009 at Edwards AFB, California. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module "Leonardo" filled with 15,000 ...

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