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Article: NASA GLOBAL HAWK RETURNS TO FLIGHT STATUS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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EDWARDS, Calif., Oct. 23 -- NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center issued the following news release:
One of NASA's two Global Hawk high-altitude aircraft took to the skies Oct. 23 for its first flight under NASA operation. The aircraft, to be used for Earth system science research, flew four hours during a functional check flight in restricted airspace over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The flight included a check-out of aircraft systems, including engine, flight controls and communication. The aircraft last flew in May 2003.
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Northrop Grumman are returning the two developmental Global Hawks to flight under a Space Act Agreement signed in 2008. The ...