Edwards Air Force Base News

The 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base got a new toy of sorts this week - one that basically delivered itself.

Atlantis and its crew are due back at Kennedy Space Center at 9:44 a.m. today. Mission managers will be keeping close tabs on weather, but the forecast looks good.

Favorable weather conditions awaited the shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew on their expected return to Earth on Friday, after a successful 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Source: Johnson Space Center - Comments CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

An unmanned NASA Predator aircraft equipped with an infrared imaging sensor has flown over large areas burned by California wildfires to help the Forest Service assess damage.

Hot air balloons fill the sky over Rosamond Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base Nov.

"We are thinking of you." "Thank you for keeping us safe." "Keep up the good work." The words were as simple as the meeting room they were spoken in Wednesday evening at town hall.

In its first year of use in Afghanistan, the RQ-4 provided [pdf] more than 17,000 high-resolution images, flying more than 60 missions and over 1,200 combat hours.

Thirty years ago this month, a Hollywood stuntman with balls the size of celestial objects lit the fuse of his Budweiser rocket car on a dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base and blasted off into the greatest controversy in land-speed-racing history.

It's been a long wait - in some ways, more than 50 years - but in April 2010, the U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch an Atlas V booster from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the newest U.S. spacecraft, the unmanned X-37, to orbit.

The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is preparing for the arrival of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, like the one pictured here as it undergoes testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Saturday, November 14, 2009 Source: NASA Blogs - Comments Last month the Advanced Planning Office pulled together a team to look at possible vision statements for the agency.

Langley Air Force Base is slated to lose nearly 400 military jobs, but members of the Hampton Roads congressional delegation have an idea that would reverse that trend.

A winner has been declared in NASA's Space Elevator Power-Beaming Challenge. Held at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base in Lancaster, Calif., the challenge pits teams against each other to see whose robotic space elevator can inch up the cable the quickest in under 7.5 minutes.

Wednesday is the day reserved for Americans to pause and pay tribute to the military men and women who have served this country.

Most of us have clean forgotten about the Atlantic hurricane season, dud that it has been this year.

Former Los Angeles area gang member Jose Barraza reminded Montgomery city and business leaders how their influence can change lives during his speech at the River Region Forum Oct.

Julie Zouzounis was 7 years old the day in 1972 she answered the door to a group of uniformed military men who came to report that her dad was missing in action.

The Air Force could begin soliciting public input as early as next month on Luke Air Force Base's potential for housing the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The Navy's top admiral told a think-tank audience yesterday he wants more unmanned aircraft in the sea service , and he wants 'em in a hurry.