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Curtiss Racer, NASA history collection

Curtiss Racer, NASA history collection

Description: (February 1928) James H. Doolittle, the NACA's last chairman, visited Langley in February 1928 in his Curtiss Racer, the plane in which he won the 1925 Schneider Trophy Race. Photograph published ... More

Pearl I. Young, NASA history collection

Pearl I. Young, NASA history collection

Description (March 29, 1929) Pearl I. Young, the NACA's first female professional, at work in the instrument research laboratory circa 1929. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publi... More

Boeing NB-1, NASA history collection

Boeing NB-1, NASA history collection

Description (October 12, 1926) Boeing NB-1: Designed as a primary trainer for the U. S. Navy, the Boeing NB-1 was used by the NACA at Langley starting in October 1926. The float-quipped example used by the NACA... More

Curtiss AT-5a with NACA Cowling

Curtiss AT-5a with NACA Cowling

Description (October 12, 1928) The NACA cowling as applied to a Curtiss AT-5A at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, October 1928...Center: LARC .Image # : L-03019

Paul King and the Vought VE-7. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Paul King and the Vought VE-7. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Description: (October 17, 1925) Clad in a fur lined leather flying suit with oxygen facepiece, NACA test pilot Paul King prepares to take to the air in a Vought VE-7...Center: LARC .Image # : L-01118

Fairchild 22, NASA history collection

Fairchild 22, NASA history collection

Description (January 16, 1936) Fairchild 22: This is one of the hardest aircraft to identify in Langley's past, as it appeared in numerous guises. Built as a standard Fairchild 22, the NACA changed the wing, th... More

Curtiss Hawk, NASA history collection

Curtiss Hawk, NASA history collection

Description (October 12, 1928) Army Curtiss Hawk with NACA cowling. This Curtiss AT-5A is equipped to test a NACA cowling, November 1928. It was the work done on the NACA cowling which brought Langley the Colli... More

Making airplanes, NASA history collection

Making airplanes, NASA history collection

Description: (1928) Langley metal workers fabricated NACA cowlings for early test installations. Cowlings reduced drag and increased aircraft performance...Center: LARC.Image # : L-03412

Double the pilots, double the trouble

Double the pilots, double the trouble

Description: (1920) Goggles at the ready, this Langley test pilot and engineer conducted research business high above the ground. In the early years, the flight research team was usually made up of a test pilot... More

Wright WF3W-1 Apache, NASA history collection

Wright WF3W-1 Apache, NASA history collection

Description (May 19, 1927) Wright WF3W-1 Apache: In its seaplane configuration, an NACA crew prepares the Wright XF3W-1 Apache for take off from the Little Back River. The Apache was used for engine and cowling... More

Weick, Lindbergh, and Hamilton, NASA history collection

Weick, Lindbergh, and Hamilton, NASA history collection

(June 1, 1927) Fred E. Weick, head of the Propeller Research Tunnel section, 1925-1929, in rear cockpit. Charles Lindbergh in front. Tom Hamilton is standing. ..Center: LARC .Image # : L-1990-03736

Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Aircraft With Model Wing Suspended

Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Aircraft With Model Wing Suspended

Description (June 22, 1921) Active aircraft biplane, NACA 29-38131, with model wing suspended during flight...Center: LARC .Image # : L-00130

Hangar construction, NASA history collection

Hangar construction, NASA history collection

Description (August 1, 1922) Hangar construction at Langley in 1922...Center: LARC .Image # : L-00339

Patternmakers, Langley, NASA history collection

Patternmakers, Langley, NASA history collection

(June 1, 1922) Workmen in the patternmakers' shop manufacture a wing skeleton for a Thomas-Morse MB-3 airplane for pressure distribution studies in flight, June 1922...Center: LARC .Image # : L-00184

Variable Density Tunnel, NASA history collection

Variable Density Tunnel, NASA history collection

Description (February 3, 1922) The Variable Density Tunnel arrives by rail from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The Tunnel was installed at Langley...Center: LARC .Image # : L-1990-04352

Full Scale Tunnel (FST) and Seaplane Tow Channel

Full Scale Tunnel (FST) and Seaplane Tow Channel

Description (August 15, 1930) Installation of Careystone covering at the Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) facility. The corrugated concrete and asbestos panels (1/4 inch thick; 42 inches wide; 62 inches long) which were... More

Metal workers, NASA history collection

Metal workers, NASA history collection

Description: (1929) Metal workers welding pipe pause for the camera in this 1929 view...Center: LARC .Image # : L-01136

Langley Laboratory Annual Picnic, Buckroe Beach

Langley Laboratory Annual Picnic, Buckroe Beach

Description: (July 1, 1929) Langley Laboratory Annual Picnic, Buckroe Beach -- On the barrel to the left is Edward R. Ray Sharp, a future engineer in charge of the NACA's Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in ... More

Full Scale Tunnel (FST) and Seaplane Tow Channel [Exterior]

Full Scale Tunnel (FST) and Seaplane Tow Channel [Exterior]

Description (August 15, 1930) Installation of Careystone covering at the Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) facility. The corrugated concrete and asbestos panels (1/4 inch thick; 42 inches wide; 62 inches long) which were... More

Variable Density Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection

Variable Density Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection

Description: (March 15, 1929) Left to right: Eastman Jacobs, Shorty Defoe, Malvern Powell, and Harold Turner. In this photo taken on March 15, 1929, a quartet of NACA staff conduct tests on airfoils in the Vari... More

Fokker Trimotor, 1929, NASA history collection

Fokker Trimotor, 1929, NASA history collection

Description (1929) The Langley flight crew installs an experimental low-drag cowling on the Fokker trimotor, 1929. Such cowlings increased fuel efficiency and overall performance...Center: LARC .Image # : L-03333

NACA Airfoils: Variable Density Tunnel

NACA Airfoils: Variable Density Tunnel

Description (February 21, 1931) By August 1929, tests in the Variable Density Tunnel had derived the family of airfoils NACA 0006 through NACA 6721, shown here in cross-section. Published in James R. Hansen, En... More

Max M. Munk, NASA history collection

Max M. Munk, NASA history collection

Description: (June 1, 1926) Michael Max Munk served as the NACA's Chief of Aerodynamics at what is now Langley Research Center. During his time at the NACA, Munk made a number of contributions to the field of a... More

NACA & Charles Lindbergh, NASA history collection

NACA & Charles Lindbergh, NASA history collection

Description: (May 23, 1934) Eight of the twelve members of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics attending the 9th Annual Aircraft Engineering Research Conference posed for this photograph at Langley ... More

Metal shop, NASA history collection

Metal shop, NASA history collection

Description: (1928) At work in the metal shop making engine cowlings. The cowlings smoothed airflow over the engine and reduced drag. This increased speed and fuel efficiency...Center: LARC .Image # : L-03332

NACA Cowling #10, NASA history collection

NACA Cowling #10, NASA history collection

Description (September 1, 1928) Drag can present a major problem for aircraft and many of Langley's early research was focused upon reducing aircraft drag. One method was to place a cowling or covering over the... More

Curtiss Hawk, NASA history collection

Curtiss Hawk, NASA history collection

Description (1928) Curtiss Hawk with NACA Cowling in 1928...Center: LARC .Image # : L-03018

Henry Reid at his desk. NASA public domain image colelction.

Henry Reid at his desk. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description: (April 1928) The youthful engineer-in-charge Henry J.E. Reid sits at his desk, April 1928...Center: LARC .Image # : L-02357

Vought O2U-1 Corsair, NASA history collection

Vought O2U-1 Corsair, NASA history collection

Description (August 2, 1928) Vought O2U-1 Corsair: Suspended from the roof of the NACA's hangar at Langley Field, this Vought O2U-1 Corsair retains its float undercarriage, a contrast to other O2Us flown by the... More

5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

Description (July 12, 1932) The researcher is sitting above the exit cone of the 5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel and is examining the new 6-component spinning balance. This balance was developed between 1930 and 19... More

Amelia Earhart Visits NACA (And Gets Her Coat Caught in a Wind Tunnel!)

Amelia Earhart Visits NACA (And Gets Her Coat Caught in a Wind Tunnel!...

Description (November 5, 1928) Group photo on steps of Langley Research Building in 1928. front row, left to right: E.A. Meyers, Elton Miller, Amelia Earhart, Henry Reid, and Lt. Col. Jacob W.S. Wuest. Back row... More

5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Description (September 18, 1930) Construction of 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. The 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel was built to study spinning characteristics of aircraft. It was an open throat tunnel capable of a m... More

Variable Density Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection

Variable Density Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection

Description (February 14, 1928) View of the interior of the exit cone of the Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT) during its brief period of operation as an open throat design. After the fire, the VDT section engineer... More

Spin Models, NASA history collection

Spin Models, NASA history collection

Description: (October 11, 1939) Spin models under construction in the model shop of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Virginia in 1939. These models would be placed in the Spin T... More

Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter, NASA history collection

Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter, NASA history collection

Description (June 18, 1930) In June of 1930 this Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter was photographed on the tarmac in front of the Langley hangar. The first successful helicopters, however, appeared in Europe later in ... More

Model of 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel

Model of 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel

Description (January 11, 1930) Model of 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Carl Wenzinger and Thomas Harris wrote in NACA TR 387: "The vertical open-throat wind tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronauti... More

Original NACA Hangars, NASA history collection

Original NACA Hangars, NASA history collection

Description (1931) The original NACA hangars, 1931. The aircraft parked to the right is the Fairchild owned by the NACA. Just outside the hangar door is a modified Ford Model A that was used to start aircraft ... More

Sikorsky XPBS-1, NASA history collection

Sikorsky XPBS-1, NASA history collection

Description (July 25, 1939) Sikorsky XPBS-1: The Sikorsky XPBS-1 was a large four-engined flying boat ordered by the Navy in 1935. Although never ordered into production, the NACA evaluated the craft in 1938. M... More

30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.

30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.

(May 28, 1938) Langley woodworkers shape the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel's enormous twin fan blades. At right, wood is roughed into shape from the laminated blanks, and at left, another set of blades is given a f... More

12 Foot Free-Flight Wind Tunnel

12 Foot Free-Flight Wind Tunnel

Description: The 12 Foot Free-Flight Wind Tunnel is a steel sphere 60 feet in diameter and can be supplied with air compressed up to two or more atmospheres in which the operators will work. A decompression cha... More

Stability Tunnel, NASA history collection

Stability Tunnel, NASA history collection

Description: (March 10, 1943) Engineers operate the controls of the Stability Tunnel. Plans for a new tunnel to study stability problems began in the late thirties. The Stability Tunnel was authorized in 1939 a... More

Piper J-3L50 Cub, NASA history collection

Piper J-3L50 Cub, NASA history collection

Description (April 16, 1942) Piper J-3L50 Cub: The Piper J-3 Cub was evaluated at Langley by the NACA in late 1939 to early 1940. The J-3 was used by many World War II pilots as the airplane in which they were ... More

Experimental Low-Drag Test Panel on Douglas B-18

Experimental Low-Drag Test Panel on Douglas B-18

Description (1941) In the spring of 1941 Langley installed an experimental low-drag test panel on the wing of a Douglas B-18 airplane. The panel was fitted with suction slots and pressure tubes for a free fligh... More

Zimmerman V-173, NASA history collection

Zimmerman V-173, NASA history collection

Description (November 28, 1941) View of the Vought-Sikorsky V-173 airplane mounted in the Full Scale Wind Tunnel. Shows the prototype "Zimmer Skimmer" or "Flying Pancake" on which the XF5U was based...Identifie... More

Research pilots with P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter

Research pilots with P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter

Description: (1945) Langley research pilots (from left) Mel Gough, Herb Hoover, Jack Reeder, Steve Cavallo and Bill Gray stand in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter in this 1945 photo at Langley...Center: LARC... More

Consolidated B-24D Liberator, NASA history collection

Consolidated B-24D Liberator, NASA history collection

Description (July 31, 1943) Consolidated B-24D Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was the most numerous American bomber of World War II (over 18,000 were produced). The NACA flew this B-24D at Langley b... More

20-Foot Spin Tunnel, NASA history collection

20-Foot Spin Tunnel, NASA history collection

Description (August 20, 1941) Data from tests of over 300 different models in Langley's free-spinning tunnels which enabled the NACA by the end of the war to establish tail design requirements for satisfactory ... More

Boeing B-29, NASA history collection

Boeing B-29, NASA history collection

Description (1946) Boeing B-29 long range bomber model was tested for ditching characteristics in the Langley Tank No. 2 early in 1946.

Flying Boat Construction, NASA history collection

Flying Boat Construction, NASA history collection

(April 24, 1946) Technicians at Langley installing flaps and wiring on a flying-boat model, circa 1944...Image # : L-46826

John Stack, NASA history collection

John Stack, NASA history collection

Description: (July 9, 1946) John Stack, head of Compressibility Research Division, was a hard charging, persuasive man whose attitude toward unproven technology was usually, "Let's try the damn thing and see if... More

Wing Flow Method, NASA history collection

Wing Flow Method, NASA history collection

Description (January 19, 1946) Semispan airplane model and flow-direction vane mounted on wing of P-51D airplane for transonic tests by wing-flow method.

NACA Muroc Employees With a Snowman

NACA Muroc Employees With a Snowman

Description (November 15, 1949) The late 1940s saw increased flight activity, and more women computers were needed at the NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit than the ones who had originally arrived in 1946. A call wen... More

16 Foot High Speed Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

16 Foot High Speed Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

Description (March 15, 1949) Photograph of the 16 Foot High Speed Tunnel at Langley with Building 1146 in foreground...Image # : L-64729

First NACA test pilot: Howard Clifton Lilly

First NACA test pilot: Howard Clifton Lilly

Description: (1949) In August 1947, Howard Clifton Lilly became the first permanently assigned NACA engineering test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Muroc Flight Test Unit at what late... More

19 foot Pressure Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

19 foot Pressure Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

Description (March 15, 1950) Guide vanes in the 19 foot Pressure Wind Tunnel at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, form an ellipse 33 feet high and 47 feet wide. The 2... More

E17 Drag Research Model, NASA history collection

E17 Drag Research Model, NASA history collection

Description: (September 8, 1950) Technician Durwood Dereng prepares to pull the external-power plug from an E17 drag-research model at Wallops, September 8, 1950...Center: GSFC WF .Image # : L-67386

8 Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

8 Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

Description: (June 13, 1950) Because the slots he was designing opened directly into the 8 foot High Speed Tunnel's hazardous igloo-shaped test chamber, where high levels of pressure, temperature, and noise wou... More

Double Trouble - North American f 82 twin Mustang

Double Trouble - North American f 82 twin Mustang

Description (May 5, 1951) North American XP-82 (XF-82) Twin Mustang: In the early 1950s, the NACA used this XP-82 Twin Mustang for its drop-body tests. A test body is shown in the rack underneath the Twin Musta... More

Kitty Joyner - Electrical Engineer NASA history collection

Kitty Joyner - Electrical Engineer NASA history collection

Description (April 7, 1952) Kitty Joyner, electrical engineer, at Langley in 1952...Image # : L-74800

Walter C. Williams NASA history collection

Walter C. Williams NASA history collection

Description: (August 21, 1954) Walter C. Williams was Chief of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's flight research organization on Edwards Air... More

Richard Whitcomb examines model NASA history collection

Richard Whitcomb examines model NASA history collection

Description: (April 20, 1955) In the 8 foot High-Speed Tunnel in April 1955, Richard Whitcomb examines a model designed in accordance with his transonic area rule...Richard T Whitcomb, a young aerodynamicist at... More

Melvin Gough at the Tail of a NACA Lockheed Plane

Melvin Gough at the Tail of a NACA Lockheed Plane

Melvin Gough at the Tail of a NACA Lockheed Plane Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Inflation Test of 135 Ft Satellite In Weeksville, NC

Inflation Test of 135 Ft Satellite In Weeksville, NC

Description: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 100-foot-diameter satellite, designed by the Space Vehicle Group of the NASA Langley Research Center and constructed by General Mills of Minneapoli... More

Paraglider, NASA Langley research center

Paraglider, NASA Langley research center

Image L61-4369 is available as an electronic file from the photo lab. See URL. -- Photographed on 06/30/1961. -- Test of parawing in Full Scale Wind Tunnel. -- Published in James R. Hansen, Spaceflight Revoluti... More

Lockheed C-141 Model in TDT. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Lockheed C-141 Model in TDT. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

(November 16, 1962) Lockheed C-141 model in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel (TDT). By the late 1940s, with the advent of relatively thin, flexible aircraft wings, the need was recognized for testing dynamically a... More

Construction of Model 1 used in the LOLA simulator

Construction of Model 1 used in the LOLA simulator

Description: Construction of Model 1 used in the LOLA simulator. This was a twenty-foot sphere which simulated for the astronauts what the surface of the moon would look like from 200 miles up. Project LOLA or ... More

Apollo Project, NASA Apollo program

Apollo Project, NASA Apollo program

Description: Special "space" suit for the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator located at the Lunar Landing Facility. The purpose of this simulator was to study the subject while walking, jumping or running. Resea... More

Mars Mission: Viking I on Titan III Centaur Rocket Launch

Mars Mission: Viking I on Titan III Centaur Rocket Launch

Description: (August 20, 1975) Launch of the Mars mission Viking I payload on Titan III Centaur rocket. The interplanetary cruise phase of the Viking spacecraft lasted 310 days until Mars orbit insertion. The V... More

NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER SOLAR BUILDING

NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER SOLAR BUILDING

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1976 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION TU HOUSE FOR NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER

TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION TU HOUSE FOR NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 2/4/1976 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: 1976_00520.jpg c1976_00500s Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

DR CHRISTOS C CHAMIS OF NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER AND DR DEENE J WEIDMAN OF NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER

DR CHRISTOS C CHAMIS OF NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER AND DR DEENE J WEID...

The original finding aid described this as: Person Pictured: DR CHRISTOS C CHAMIS OF NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER AND DR DEENE J WEIDMAN OF NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER Capture Date: 10/5/1977 Keywords: c1977_... More

Sperry M-1 Messenger, NASA history collection

Sperry M-1 Messenger, NASA history collection

Description (1927) A Langley researcher ponders the future, in mid-1927, of the Sperry M-1 Messenger, the first full-scale airplane tested in the Propeller Research Tunnel. Standing in the exit cone is Elton W.... More

NASA Langley Research Center NACA Reunion XII

NASA Langley Research Center NACA Reunion XII

Description (May 2008) The 12th and Final NACA Reunion took place at the NASA Langley Research Center, which was established as the first NACA facility in 1917 as the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. N... More

The NACA's First Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

The NACA's First Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

Description (April 1, 1921) The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)'s first wind tunnel, located at Langley Field in Hampton, VA, was an open-circuit wind tunnel completed in 1920. Essentially a ... More

Controlled Impact Demonstration instrumented test dummies installed in plane. EC84-28307

Controlled Impact Demonstration instrumented test dummies installed in...

Controlled Impact Demonstration instrumented test dummies installed in plane. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arctic Ozone Expedition Stavanger Norway: Arlin Carter, NASA Langley Research Center, is shown here with colleague during flight collecting data on the laser ozone mapping experiment. This experiment uses laser beams to determine the extent of column ozone above the DC-8 flying laboratory on which the laser experiment flys. ARC-1989-AC89-0114-544

Arctic Ozone Expedition Stavanger Norway: Arlin Carter, NASA Langley R...

Arctic Ozone Expedition Stavanger Norway: Arlin Carter, NASA Langley Research Center, is shown here with colleague during flight collecting data on the laser ozone mapping experiment. This experiment uses laser... More

HL-20 at Langley. NASA public domain image colelction.

HL-20 at Langley. NASA public domain image colelction.

(April 28, 1992) The NASA Langley Research Center lifting body, called the HL-20, is shown here in front of the hangar. The HL-20 was one of two concepts considered by NASA as a type of Personnel Launch System ... More

F-18 HARV dirty probes on inlet rake

F-18 HARV dirty probes on inlet rake

Description: Pressure transducers are housed in tubes on the inlet rake of NASA's F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) to test pressure distortion patterns at different angles of attack. Located at the engin... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill Prosser (left) and Eric Madaras, NASA-Langley Research Center, conduct impulse tests on the right wing leading edge (WLE) of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The tests monitor how sound impulses propagate through the WLE area.  The data collected will be analyzed to explore the possibility of adding new instrumentation to the wing that could automatically detect debris or micrometeroid impacts on the Shuttle while in flight.  The study is part of the initiative ongoing at KSC and around the agency to return the orbiter fleet to flight status.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill Prosser (left) and Eric Madaras, NASA-Langley Research Center, conduct impulse tests on the right wing leading edge (WLE) of Space Shuttle ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill Prosser (left) and Eric Madaras, NASA-Langley Research Center, and Jim McGee (right), The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., conduct impulse tests on the right wing leading edge (WLE) of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The tests monitor how sound impulses propagate through the WLE area.  The data collected will be analyzed to explore the possibility of adding new instrumentation to the wing that could automatically detect debris or micrometeroid impacts on the Shuttle while in flight.  The study is part of the initiative ongoing at KSC and around the agency to return the orbiter fleet to flight status.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill Prosser (left) and Eric Madaras, NASA-Langley Research Center, and Jim McGee (right), The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., conduct... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Eric Madaras (left), NASA-Langley Research Center, and Jim McGee, The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., conduct impulse tests on the right wing leading edge (WLE) of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The tests monitor how sound impulses propagate through the WLE area.  The data collected will be analyzed to explore the possibility of adding new instrumentation to the wing that could automatically detect debris or micrometeroid impacts on the Shuttle while in flight.  The study is part of the initiative ongoing at KSC and around the agency to return the orbiter fleet to flight status.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Eric...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Eric Madaras (left), NASA-Langley Research Center, and Jim McGee, The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., conduct impulse tests on the rig... More

NASA Employees Like to Have Fun with Chalk

NASA Employees Like to Have Fun with Chalk

Date April 28, 2009.Description: Mysterious chalkings have been reported throughout NASA Langley Research Center. The puzzling messages appeared overnight and urge employees to take bizarre actions, such as smi... More

Snapshot from a simulation run on the Pleiades supercomputer. It depicts a fluctuating pressure field on aircraft nose landing gear and fuselage surfaces. The simulation helped scientists better understand the effects of landing gear and acoustic noise. The goal of the study was to improve the current understanding of aircraft nose landing gear noise, which will lead to quieter, more efficient airframe components for future aircraft designs. The visualization was produced with help from the NAS Data Analysis & Visualization group. Investigator: Mehdi Khorrami, NASA Langley Research Center. ARC-2012-ACD12-0020-006

Snapshot from a simulation run on the Pleiades supercomputer. It depic...

Snapshot from a simulation run on the Pleiades supercomputer. It depicts a fluctuating pressure field on aircraft nose landing gear and fuselage surfaces. The simulation helped scientists better understand the ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat heads for the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean after departing from Port Canaveral in Florida. NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard Freedom Star for a day of testing.    MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2573

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat heads for the open wat...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat heads for the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean after departing from Port Canaveral in Florida. NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of testing after departing through Port Canaveral in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean with NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, secured aboard.    MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-1983

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of testing after departing through Port Canaveral in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean with NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MAR... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat heads for the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean after departing from Port Canaveral in Florida. NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard Freedom Star for a day of testing.    MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2574

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat heads for the open wat...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat heads for the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean after departing from Port Canaveral in Florida. NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A technician aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, checks NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, during a day of testing in the Atlantic Ocean.    MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2584

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A technician aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A technician aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, checks NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, during a day ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2591

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Por...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean. MARS... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of testing after departing from port near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean with NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, secured aboard.     MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2575

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of testing after departing from port near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean with NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Recon... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat near Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MARS is being prepared for a day of testing after departing from Port Canaveral out to the Atlantic Ocean.    MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-1978

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat near Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MARS is being prepared f... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat near Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MARS is being prepared for a day of testing after departing from Port Canaveral out to the Atlantic Ocean.    MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-1977

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat near Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MARS is being prepared f... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of testing after departing through Port Canaveral in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean with NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, secured aboard.     MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2578

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of testing after departing through Port Canaveral in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean with NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is being tested.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2587

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is being tested. MARS, run b... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is being tested.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2588

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is being tested. MARS, run b... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat as it is being prepared for a day of testing after departing from Port Canaveral in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean.    MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2572

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat as it is being prepared for a day of testing after departing from Port Canaveral in Flor... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of testing after departing from port near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean with NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, secured aboard.    MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-1981

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Freedom Star boat sets out for a day of testing after departing from port near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean with NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reco... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2592

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Por...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean. MARS... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2590

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Por...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean. MARS... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, the covering around NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, has been removed. MARS is being prepared for a day of testing in the Atlantic Ocean.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2585

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, the covering around NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, has been remo... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2589

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Por...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean. MARS... More

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