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If you threw a football at 60 mpg
If you threw a football at 60 mpg

If you threw a football at 60 mph, the average speed of an NFL pass, it would take 3,982 hours,…

The lunar football!
The lunar football!

The lunar football!

Yamzho Yumco Lake, Tibet
Yamzho Yumco Lake, Tibet

Yamzho Yumco (Sacred Swan) Lake in Tibet is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and is one of the three largest sacred…

Hard Knocks in Tyrrhena Terra
Hard Knocks in Tyrrhena Terra

This enhanced-color image shows a small portion of a dark crater floor in the Tyrrhena Terra region of Mars.

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…