[3] On May 21, 1962, X-15 pilot Neil Armstrong, who later became a Gemini and Apollo astronaut, flew a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter to Delamar Dry Lake in case it would be needed for an upcoming X-15 flight.

[6] An eyewitness report regarding the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster came from a camper who was at Delamar Dry Lake on the morning of February 1, 2003.

NASA considered this report credible enough to analyze radar data and send a ground search crew to the area to look for debris.

This work was done to promote the release of the second generation of Genesis car model of the Hyundai Motor Company.

"[8] Caliente Flight Strip, also known as the Delamar Landing Field, was also located on the dry lake bed before it closed in the 1990s.