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Raining Rocks
Raining Rocks

Impact ejecta is material that is thrown up and out of the surface of a planet as a result of…

NASA Langley Research Center Centennial Emblem
NASA Langley Research Center Centennial Emblem

NASA Langley Research Center centennial emblem

Breaking the Sound Barrier – #NASALangley100
Breaking the Sound Barrier – #NASALangley100

Breaking the Sound Barrier, part of the NACA/NASA Langley Research Center centennial celebration — A Storied Legacy, A Soaring Future.…

X-43 Wind Tunnel Testing
X-43 Wind Tunnel Testing

NASA Langley tested versions of the X-43 engine before it established the Guinness World record for fastest air breathing hypersonic…

Slotted Throat Wind Tunnel Design
Slotted Throat Wind Tunnel Design

One of the first breakthroughs that allowed supersonic flight was in wind tunnel design. Langley researchers added slots (right) to…

Bell X-1 Testing at NASA Langley
Bell X-1 Testing at NASA Langley

Before Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 in 1947 models were tested in…

High Speed Civil Transport Research at NASA Langley
High Speed Civil Transport Research at NASA Langley

Guy Kemmerly prepares an early Boeing High Speed Civil Transport model for low-speed testing in the NASA Langley 14-by 22-Foot…

The Area Rule and Richard Whitcomb
The Area Rule and Richard Whitcomb

Aerodynamicist Richard Whitcomb helped paved the way for supersonic flight by narrowing the fuselage in what’s known as the area…

This Week in NASA History: First Saturn I Block II Rocket Launches — Jan. 29, 1964
This Week in NASA History: First Saturn I Block II Rocket Launches — Jan. 29, 1964

This week in 1964, SA-5, the fifth Saturn I launch vehicle launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Jupiter Polar Haze in False Color
Jupiter Polar Haze in False Color

This false color view of Jupiter’s polar haze was created by citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt using data from the JunoCam…