Dr. Lewis Field sic Linn, senator from Missouri from life & on stone b...
Print shows Lewis F. Linn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink on verso: No. 169 dep. for ... More
General Hap Arnold Visits AERL. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
Description: (November 9, 1944) General Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold visits the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as John H. Glenn Researc... More
Icing Research, NASA history collection
Description (March 5, 1945) These ice formations on the propeller and fuselage surfaces of a test unit installed in the Icing Research Tunnel at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory ... More
GPN-2000-000367, NASA history collection
Description: (June 26, 1945) Mr. Abe Silverstein, Chief of the Wind Tunnel and Flight Research Division at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, ... More
Instrumentation in B-29, NASA history collection
Description (May 1, 1944) Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as ... More
Instrumentation in A-29, NASA history collection
(March 11, 1944) Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as the John ... More
Fuels and Lubes Research Operations
Description (August 19, 1943) Staff testing chemical properties of fuels and lubricants at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland Ohio, now known as John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field...... More
Engine on Torque Stand, NASA history collection
Description (April 15, 1944) Engine on Torque Stand at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio, now known as the John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field. Torque is the twisting motion pr... More
Interior View of Drafting Room in ERB
Description: (September 21, 1942) Interior view of Drafting Room in Engine Research Building showing men at work at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory. This building was considered the research heart of NA... More
Dedication Day - Visitors to the AERL
Description: (May 20, 1943) Colonel E.R. Page, William F. Durand, Orville Wright, Addison M. Rothrock visiting the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio, now known as John H. Glenn Research Cen... More
Early smoker meeting, NASA history collection
(March 2, 1944) Early "smoker" meeting at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory at Cleveland, Ohio, now known as the John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, on March 2, 1944. Edward R. Sharp developed t... More
Icing Research Photos, NASA history collection
(March 5, 1945) These ice formations on the propeller and fuselage surfaces of a test unit installed in the Icing Research Tunnel at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee fo... More
Machine Shop Men Working at Machines
Description: (July 9, 1946) Skilled machinists and toolmakers use precision machinery to make experimental engine parts at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronaut... More
General Dwight D. Eisenhower at GRC
(April 11, 1946 A 1946 visit by General Dwight Eisenhower to the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory now known as John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, Ohio. Center Director, Edward "Ray" Sha... More
Ramjet I-40 Engine in Jet Static Lab
Description (October 23, 1946) Ramjet I-40 engine in Jet Static Lab showing the making of high speed motion pictures of thrust augmentor flame. Engineers are taking motion pictures of the exhaust gases being di... More
Effect of TwinJet Exhausts in Simulation Take Off
Description (July 7, 1949) Study of effect of twin-jet exhausts inclined toward the ground in simulation of take-off conditions for certain engine installations. Such an engine installation is useful for decrea... More
Python Engine Installed in Altitude Wind Tunnel
Description (August 25, 1949) An engine mechanic checks instrumentation prior to an investigation of engine operating characteristics and thrust control of a large turboprop engine with counter-rotating propell... More
Differential Analyzer NASA history collection
Description (June 5, 1951) Differential Analyzer built under Mergler in Instrument Research. The technician is preparing a data report. This equipment is located at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, LFPL,... More
Various Rocket Installations at Rocket Laboratory
Description (January 15, 1952) An engineer operating a rig used for studying film-cooling of combustors. In this method of cooling, a film of relatively cool air is maintained between the hot gases and the comb... More
Project Mercury - AWT Gimbaling Rig
Description (October 29, 1957) The Gimbal Rig, formally known as the MASTIF of Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, was engineered to simulate the tumbling and rolling motions of a space capsule and train... More
Rocket Test Stand and Engine. NASA public domain image colelction.
20,000 pound rocket test stand and engine installation at South 40 Rocket Research Facility or Rocket Engine Test Facility, Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, now John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field.
Multi-Axis Gimble Rig in AWT with Pilot
(December 16, 1959) MASTIF - Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility - was developed for Project Mercury to train astronauts in gaining control over a spacecraft that could move in multiple directions at once... More
John Glenn Prepares for a Test in the Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Fa...
Mercury astronaut John Glenn prepares for a test in the Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF) inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research... More
Vent Flowing Cold Gas and T/C Rake
(September 6, 1963) Vent flowing cryogenic fuel and T/C Rake mounted on a 1/10 scale model Centaur in the l0 x l0 Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel. The fuel being used is liquid hydrogen. The point of the test is to... More
Sequence of Assembly of OAO Shroud at SPC
(June 24, 1965) Assembly of the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) for shroud jettison tests in the Space Power Chamber (SPC) at Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Lewis is now known as the John H. Gl... More
Simulated Van Allen Belts, NASA Glenn Research Center
Simulated Van Allen Belts generated by plasma thruster in tank #5 Electric Propulsion Laboratory at the Lewis Research Center, Cleveland Ohio, now John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field.
Zero Gravity Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center
(September 12, 1966) Zero Gravity Facility at Lewis Research Center, now known as John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field. This is a tunnel view looking up from level 5. This tower drops 460 feet and allow... More
Icing Research Tunnel Test Section
(December 19, 1968) Icing Research Tunnel Test Section NASA technician measuring ice deposits on an airfoil after completing a test at the Lewis Research Center. NASA Lewis is now known as John H. Glean Researc... More
The Space Power Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center
When it was constructed, the Space Power Facility (SPF) was the world's largest vacuum chamber. It stands more than 122 feet high, 100 feet in diameter and provides a vacuum environment for the study of space p... More
NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field 50th Anniversary Open House ...
NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field 50th Anniversary Open House
NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field 50th Anniversary Open House ...
NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field 50th Anniversary Open House
Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by NASA Administrator an...
Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by NASA Administrator and Deputy Administrator
Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by NASA Administrator an...
Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by NASA Administrator and Deputy Administrator
Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by NASA Administrator an...
Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by NASA Administrator and Deputy Administrator
Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, GRC, by Astronaut Steve...
Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, GRC, by Astronaut Steve Swanson