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NASA Goes to the Mall
NASA Goes to the Mall

Visitors to the National Mall get an up close and personal view of the space shuttle’s main engine thanks to…

Celebrating NASA
Celebrating NASA

The 42nd Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., held in summer 2008, showcases the role…

NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond
NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond

Nils Larson from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center shows a high altitude pressure suit, complete with whiffle ball on the…

X-48B in Langley Wind Tunnel
X-48B in Langley Wind Tunnel

Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, tested the a 21-foot wingspan 8.5 percent scale prototype of a…

Extraterrestrial Fireworks
Extraterrestrial Fireworks

Reminiscent of a fireworks celebration, this Hubble Space Telescope image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks…

7-by10-foot High Speed Wind Tunnel Teardown
7-by10-foot High Speed Wind Tunnel Teardown

Like a hungry t-rex, the jaws of an excavator rip into the walls of the 7-by-10-foot high speed wind tunnel.

Mars’ Spring Storms
Mars’ Spring Storms

Early spring typically brings dust storms to northern polar regions of Mars. As the north polar cap begins to thaw,…

X-48B Tested in Langley’s Full-Scale Wind Tunnel
X-48B Tested in Langley’s Full-Scale Wind Tunnel

Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, tested the a 21-foot wingspan 8.5 percent scale prototype of a…

X-48B Studied for its Structural, Aerodynamic, and Operational Advantages
X-48B Studied for its Structural, Aerodynamic, and Operational Advantages

Boeing Phantom Works partnered with NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory to study the structural, aerodynamic, and operational advantages…

Boeing, NASA, and AFRL Study the Blended Wing Body Concept
Boeing, NASA, and AFRL Study the Blended Wing Body Concept

Boeing Phantom Works partnered with NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory to study the structural, aerodynamic, and operational advantages…