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DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone
DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone

NASA Dryden’s Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone – or DROID – shows its colors as it turns to avoid steeply…

DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone
DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone

NASA Dryden’s DROID small unmanned research aircraft executes a hard right climbing turn to avoid crashing into a steep rocky…

DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone
DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone

Banking hard to starboard after a very close pass near a ridgeline, NASA Dryden’s DROID research aircraft provided good data…

DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone
DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone

Several NASA Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone (DROID) project team members secure the aircraft’s single-piece wing during flight tests of…

DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone
DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone

The NASA Dryden DROID project conducted flight tests of a miniature ground collision avoidance system for small unmanned air vehicles.

DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone
DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone

Flying very close to rocky terrain in the Mojave Desert, the NASA Dryden DROID aircraft provided good data for project…

DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone
DROID – Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone

NASA Dryden’s DROID small unmanned research aircraft executes a hard right climbing turn to avoid crashing into a rocky desert…

Mars Rocks
Mars Rocks

This enhanced-color image from March 2012 of a region of Mars near Nili Fossae shows part of the ejecta from…

Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – SOFIA – lifts off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., at…

Retired NASA Astronaut Fred Haise Revisits NASA Dryden
Retired NASA Astronaut Fred Haise Revisits NASA Dryden

Retired NASA astronaut and research pilot Fred Haise detailed his flights in the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests in…