Langley Research Center

Full Description: (c. 1903) Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) with chief mechanic and pilot, Charles M. Manly...Image # L-1990-04340

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

Full Description: This photograph from 1930 shows the 30 x 60 Foot Tunnel during construction. Smith J. de France, a NACA engineer, was in charge of the design team for the new tunnel. Planning involved the con More

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.Modified Bell X-1 mode More

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

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

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

F40 2655 on launcher Public domain photograph of NASA rocket launch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LAL 95,647 University of Maryland-Republic Terrapin sounding rocket mounted on special launcher, September 21, 1956. Photograph published in A New Dimension Wallops Island Flight Test Range: The First Fifteen More

James Hansen describes the work on Project Echo s air density experiment known as the Sub-Satellite. Before launch engineers subjected the sub-satellite to many tests. Here, the sub-satellite is shown prior More

North American X-15 Model being readied for tests in Langley Unitary Plan

YH 32 Helicopter Public domain photograph of NASA helicopter, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Various Components of Goodyear Inflatable Airplane in Full Scale Tunnel building 643 Test 238

Various Components of Goodyear Inflatable Airplane in Full Scale Tunnel building 643 Test 238

Fig. 68 Unitary Wind Tunnel Display

11-Inch Hypersonic Tunnel: various models tested in the tunnel. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Various Components of Goodyear Inflatable Airplane in Full Scale Tunnel building 643 Test 238

L57-525 Engineer W.J. O Sullivan, Jr., looks at inflated 20 inch subsatellite while holding inflation bottle and folded duplicate copy, February 1957. Photograph published in A New Dimension Wallops Island Fli More

Engineer W.J. O Sullivan, Jr., seated beside 30 inch subsatellite. He holds inflation bottle and folded duplicate copy, July 1957.

WS-110A "Brown Bomber" Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WS-110A "Brown Bomber" Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WS-110A "Brown Bomber" Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WS-110A "Brown Bomber" Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WS-110A "Brown Bomber" Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WS-110A "Brown Bomber" Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WS-110A "Brown Bomber" Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L57-660 A technician prepares dynamic models of the Bell X-1E and the Vought XF-8U Crusader for wind tunnel testing in 1957. The Crusader was then the Navy's fastest aircraft- maximum speed Mach 1.75 at 35,000 More

Interior view of the slotted throat test section installed in the 8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (HST) in 1950. The slotted region is about 160 inches in length. In this photograph, the sting-type model support is More

L57-989: Man and woman shown working with IBM type T04 electronic data processing machine.

17-foot test section in contraction cone of 300-MPH 7 x 10-Foot Tunnel (7 x 10-Foot test section in background).

Hypersonic Boost Glider in 11 Inch Hypersonic Tunnel L57-1681 In 1957 Langley tested its HYWARDS design in the 11 Inch Hypersonic Tunnel. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Ae More

North American X-15 Drop Model Public domain photograph of NASA helicopter, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North American X-15 Drop Model Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views of F-8U Crusader Aircraft at NASA Langley Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views of F-8U Crusader Aircraft at NASA Langley Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Type Muffler Test Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Type Muffler Test Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Type Muffler Test Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Type Muffler Test Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Type Muffler Test Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Type Muffler Test Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Type Muffler Test Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Type Muffler Test Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phase SB Propeller installed on F88B Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phase SB Propeller installed on F88B Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phase SB Propeller installed on F88B Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phase SB Propeller installed on F88B Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phase SB Propeller installed on F88B Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee: To more clearly mark the operators of this McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee, the VY of Navy has been painted out and the appropriate lettering to spell NACA has been applied. Note that the sec More

Vertical model flying in Langley Research Center's Full Scale Tunnel. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vertical model flying in Langley Research Center's Full Scale Tunnel. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vertical model flying in Langley Research Center's Full Scale Tunnel. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel (TPT): Sample of Schlieren results Left - Mach 1.03 Right - Mach 1.20.

Drawing of the 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Research Model in 300 MOH 7x10

Various views of the Goodyear Inflate-A-Plane mounted in Full Scale Tunnel.

Robert Champine in X-Series Pressure Suit. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen. Page 305.

L57-5383 Hot-air jets employing ceramic heat exchangers played an important role at Langley in the study of materials for ballistic missile nose cones and re-entry vehicles. Here a model is being tested in one More

L57-700 In the reentry flight path of this nose cone model of a Jupiter Intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) was tested in the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A Hist More

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

F11F Airplane Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel (TPT): Sample of Schlieren results Left - Mach 1.03 Right - Mach 1.20.

L57-1439 A model based on Langley s concept of a hypersonic glider was test flown on an umbilical cord inside the Full Scale Tunnel in 1957. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley More

**Note also copied and numbered as L90-3749. -- L57-4827 caption: Take off of a five-stage missile research rocket from Wallops Island in 1957. The first two stages propelled the model to about 100,000 feet More

WS-110A "Brown Bomber" Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L57-2809 Rocket model of McDonnell F4-H1 airplane on Terrier launcher with Nike booster, June 17, 1957. Photograph published in A New Dimension Wallops Island Flight Test Range: The First Fifteen Years by Jose More

E118-2587 Model Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph - NASA, space exploration, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph - NASA, space exploration, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph of NASA rocket launch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Space Shuttle Discovery mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Washington Dulles Airport the first orbiter retired from NASA's shuttle fleet

SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph of NASA rocket launch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph of NASA rocket launch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Echo, NASA's first communications satellite, was a passive spacecraft based on a balloon design created by an engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center. Made of Mylar, the satellite measured 100 feet (30 meter More

B60-00285 (1960) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 spaceflight, emerges from an egress trainer during training activity at the Langley Research Center. He is attempting to transfer o More

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

(August 17, 1962) The Lunar Rendezvous Simulator at Langley Research Center...Image # : L-1962-06330

Original caption: An early model of the "Rogallo Wing" attached to a mock-up Mercury spacecraft is displayed in Hanger at Langley Research Center. The Rogallo wing in later flights of Gemini will replace the 63 More

Original caption: An early model of the "Rogallo Wing" attached to a mock-up Mercury spacecraft is displayed in hanger at Langley Research Center. The Rogallo wing in the later flights of Gemini will replace th More

(May 5, 1963) Vehicle for Lunar Landing Research Facility at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. ..Image # : L-1963-09781

Pilot Earle Boyer and researcher Henry Brandhorst prepare for a solar cell calibration flight in a Martin B-57B Canberra at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. Lewis More