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
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
Rockets or JATO Jet Assisted Take Off Units
Description (March 19, 1946) Rockets or JATO Jet Assisted Take Off Units at the High Pressure Combustion Facility. Such engines were often used during the 1940s-1960s to boost heavily-laden aircraft off the ground.
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
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
Ramjet Missile, NASA history collection
Description (July 1, 1947) A ram jet missile in 1947...Image # : C1947-19067
NACA Basketball Team, NASA history collection
Description: (April 19, 1949) Members of NACA Glenn's recreational basketball team pose on the court. ..Identifier: C-2006-1794
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
Manometer Board Setup in Supersonic Wind Tunnel
Description (February 24, 1949) Manometer Board Setup in the 18 x 18 inch Supersonic Wind Tunnel at Lewis...Image # : C-1949-23011
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
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
J-47 Engine, NASA history collection
Description A technician works on a J-47 engine with NACA plug nozzle in tank. Date unknown.
John Griffith casually leaning out the hatch of X-1 #2
Description: (November 8, 1950) In this photo, NACA research pilot John Griffith is leaning out the hatch of the X-1 #2. Surrounding him (left to right) are Dick Payne, Eddie Edwards, and maintenance chief Clyd... 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
28 Romarc Ram Jet Engine in PSL Tank
Description (October 5, 1954) Bomarc installation in Propulsion Systems Laboratory. View showing engine air calibrator installed in altitude tank. Note view through inlet section door showing screened bellmouth... More
Swinging Valve for Supersonic Wind Tunnel
Description (May 17, 1956) 24 foot diameter swinging valve at various stages of opening and closing in the 10ft x 10ft Supersonic Wind Tunnel.
Engineers Check Body Revolution Model
Description (July 31, 1957) Engineers making a check on body of a model of a supersonic aircraft before a test run in the 10ft x 10ft Supersonic Wind Tunnel test section...Image # : C1957-45670
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
New Rocket Lab Facility at South 40
Description (August 31, 1957) New Rocket Lab Facility at South 40 Rocket Facility. Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory Lewis Research Center, now known as the Glenn Research Center.
Supersonic Wind Tunnel Test Section
Description (August 31, 1957) 8ft x 6ft Supersonic Wind Tunnel Test-Section showing changes made in Stainless Steel walls with 17 inch inlet model installation. The model is the ACN Nozzle model used for aircra... More
NACA Physicist Studying Alpha Rays
Description: (September 12, 1957) NACA Physicist studying Alpha Rays in a continuous cloud chamber. A cloud chamber is used by Lewis scientists to obtain information aimed at minimizing undesirable effects of r... More
Technician setting up RCA Television Camera
Description (August 21, 1957) A television camera is focused by NACA technician on a ramjet engine model through the schlieren optical windows of the 10 x 10 Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel's test section. Closed-c... More
Jerrie Cobb, Lady Pilot, testing Gimbal Rig in AWT
Description: (April 6, 1960) Jerrie Cobb, a well-known female pilot in the 1950s, testing Gimbal Rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, AWT in April 1960. The Gimbal Rig, formally called MASTIF or Multiple Axis Space... 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
Performance Acceptance Test of a prototype-model NEXT (NASA Evolutiona...
Performance Acceptance Test of a prototype-model NEXT (NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster) ion engine that was delivered to NASA Glenn Research Center by Aerojet. The test dates were May 10 - May 17, 2006. The ... More
NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER MAIN GATE GRC-2001-C-01659
NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER MAIN GATE
Gary Klann, Greg Hill, Eric Roessler, Queito Thomas, Joyel Schaefer pr...
Gary Klann, Greg Hill, Eric Roessler, Queito Thomas, Joyel Schaefer prepare an engine for testing in the NASA Glenn Research Center's Propulsion Systems Laboratory
Visit to NASA Glenn Research Center by Expedition-16 Commander GRC-200...
Visit to NASA Glenn Research Center by Expedition-16 Commander
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. talks to students at Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School. He is visiting to the school to share the vision ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Two students at Ronald E. McNair High Sc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Two students at Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta proudly display the banner identifying McNair as a NASA Explorer School. The students enjoyed a presentation earlier by KSC... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - (From left) Dr. Julian Earls, director o...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - (From left) Dr. Julian Earls, director of NASA Glenn Research Center, astronaut Leland Melvin, Sara Thompson, team lead, and KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. pose for a ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Julian Earls (left), a school board memb...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Julian Earls (left), a school board member of Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, and Sarah Copelin-Wood (far left), chair of the Board of Education, sign a Memorandum of Unde... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Julian Earls, director of the NASA G...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Julian Earls, director of the NASA Glenn Research Center, talks to students at Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School. He accompanied KSC Deputy Direc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Principal Albert Sye, astronaut Leland M...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Principal Albert Sye, astronaut Leland Melvin, Dr. Julian Earls and KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. share the stage at Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, a NASA E... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Sarah Copelin-Wood, chair of ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Sarah Copelin-Wood, chair of the Board of Education, astronaut Leland Melvin, Dr. Julian Earls, Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. and a school board member pose for photos after a... More
Planetary Science Lead, Jim Green being briefed on recent conceptual d...
Planetary Science Lead, Jim Green being briefed on recent conceptual designs by the Lead of the COMPASS concurrent engineering design team at NASA Glenn Research Center. COMPASS = COllaborative Modeling for Pa... More
Flight hardware inside the tank. This photo was taken by researcher J...
Flight hardware inside the tank. This photo was taken by researcher Joshua E. Freeh, of the NASA Glenn Research Center, on April 1, 2011, inside the tank during the actual testing.
Visit to the NASA Glenn Research Center by the NASA Administrator GRC-...
Visit to the NASA Glenn Research Center by the NASA Administrator
Winter Season Weather Scenic Photos of NASA Glenn Research Center, GRC...
Winter Season Weather Scenic Photos of NASA Glenn Research Center, GRC, Acoustic Dome for Archive and Instagram; Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory, AAPL, Exterior
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Representatives from NASA’s Glenn Research Center, lo...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Representatives from NASA’s Glenn Research Center, located in Cleveland, provide information on their center’s programs and projects to participants in NASA’s Project Management Challenge 2012.... More
Acoustic Casing Treatment Test. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
Acoustic Casing Treatment Testing Completed in the W-8 Single Stage Axial Compressor Facility at NASA Glenn. Four different over-the-rotor acoustic casing treatment concepts were tested along with two baseline ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More