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>>Narrator: We stand forever at a point in time called 'now'.
The past we can only remember,
the future we can only surmise.
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Jet aircraft
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X-15 ignition
>>Hugh Dryden: NASA must be like NACA in the qualities of strength and character that make
an organization great.
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>>Pull!
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>>While we are changing our name,
the work we do remains consistent.
We fly, we explore, we measure, we reveal, and we discover
the overlooked and unexpected for the benefit of the nation,
and for the benefit of human kind.
>>I'm going to ride off into the sunrise.
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>>836, left 3 degrees.
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>>.95 run complete.
>Copy .95 shown here, run complete.
>>High speed research, is hopefully at one point
in time, going to allow supersonic flight
commercially over the U.S. and throughout the world.
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>>12 o'clock, 5 miles northbound, Navajo, 8,500
November 02 Sierra, traffic 2 o'clock
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>>Visual about 3.2
>>He's spot on
>>Lift off initial climb mission phase.
>>Pilot, monitor and verify guidance,
>>Passing through 10,000.
>>Perfect!
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>>You guys made history today.
No one has ever proven that vortices go anywhere
except at the wing tip.
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>>The fiber optic systems tells us how much the wing
is bending in real time. This technology eventually should
be applied to completely flexible wings,
that's the future.
>>The new flaps have promised to be lighter,
more efficient, quieter. More like a bird,
morph without any use of hinges and joints and things like that.
Jet plane taking off
>>We are going to continue ahead here
for about another couple of miles,
just to check out the airplane, before we make a turn.
>>Steady heading side slip to the left first,
we will hold for 10 seconds and try to get about half over.
Our pitch stability is good, roll and yaw.
Mini-UAV taking off
>>That's pretty stable, right there.
>>Runway is clear, you are go for takeoff.
>>All of the airborne science aircraft; from the ER-2,
to the C-20, to DC-8, to Global Hawk, they all play
an important role.
>>Are you guys ready?
>>Ready.
>>What are our temperatures?
>>34, 33, 38...
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>>Hopefully we will get some really good
science data from this that will help the community.
>>I have got rising terrain, 12o'clock, 7 miles from...
>>Tally-ho, and I am going to start climbing here.
Wind
>>Alright it looks like it is at wings level and we're on course
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High altitude airplane
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Global Hawk taking off
>>Woo-hoo!
747 taking off
>>I, myself, have learned so much just about the process
of science, and that in itself is something
you can bring back to the classroom.
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>>Inflatable systems allow us to build bigger heat shields
that decelerate larger masses so that we can support
the systems that are required for human space exploration.
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Prop plane taking off
>>Tower, NASA UAS airborne, UAS work area surface to
2,000 feet.
Radio chatter
>>Release!
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Rocket landing
>>Green light, green light, green light, nearest 1 0
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Prop plane flying
>>And lift off at dawn, the dawn of Orion
Ikhana flying
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