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F5D-1 Skylancer
E-6475 The big block letters …
04/05/62
Description E-6475 The big block letters ''TEST'' on the upper fuselage of this Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer Bu. No. 139208/NASA tail number 212 denoted the craft as a test plane which was one of the fleet stabled at NASA Flight Research Center from 1961 to 1963, redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center in 1976. The calibration hangar, with the door partially open, is shown in the background while nearby the flight technicians are preparing the airplane for another research flight. In 1963 the F5D-1, NASA 212, was transferred to Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, where it was flown on miscellaneous research projects including supersonic-transport landing studies. The F5D-1 was used to collect data on sink rates and approach characteristics. This particular F5D-1 was retired after several years, and in December 1975, it was loaned to Victor Valley College.1962 NASA Photo
Date 04/05/62
Mercury -- February 1962
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. Glenn is in his pressure suit and is carrying the portable ventilation unit.
Date 7/16/08
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 Flight Enginee …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, left, and back-up crew member Cady Coleman smile during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 Flight Enginee …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 Flight Enginee …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, left, answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, while Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin looks on, Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 European Space …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 European Space Agency back-up crew member Paolo Nespoli listens to a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 European Space …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 European Space Agency back-up crew member Paolo Nespoli listens to a reporter's question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 Flight Enginee …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 Flight Enginee …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 Flight Enginee …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin answers a reporter's question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 NASA back-up c …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 NASA back-up crew member Cady Coleman answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 prime and back …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 prime and back-up crew members pose pose for a group photo after a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, June 14, 2010. From left: NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dimitri Kondratiev and European Space Agency Paolo Nespoli of Italy. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 prime and back …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 prime and back-up crew members pose pose for a group photo after a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, June 14, 2010. From left: NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dimitri Kondratiev and European Space Agency Paolo Nespoli of Italy. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
The crew of Expedition 24 Fl …
06/14/2010
Description The crew of Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, left, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, right, pose for a group photo after a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
Expedition 24 Prelaunch Pres …
Expedition 24 Flight Enginee …
06/14/2010
Description Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock, left, and Shannon Walker say goodbye to friends and family after a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, June 14, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date 06/14/2010
F-15B #837
Read News Release 09-04 With …
2/17/09
Description Read News Release 09-04 With its afterburners roaring, NASA research pilot Jim Smolka pulls NASA's highly modified NF-15B research aircraft into a steep climb after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base on its final flight. Built in 1973 as the first two-seat TF-15, the canard-equipped aircraft with its brilliant red, white and blue plumage has been flown in several significant research and test programs for the U.S. Air Force, McDonnell Douglas and NASA over its almost 36ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩ__year lifetime, the last 14 years with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. January 30, 2009 NASA Photo / Tony Landis ED09-0023-33
Date 2/17/09
F-15B #837 Final Flight
Read News Release 09-04 With …
2/17/09
Description Read News Release 09-04 With afterburners roaring, NASA's highly modified NF-15B Eagle research aircraft lifts off the Edwards Air Force Base runway on its final flight. The first two-seat F-15 built by McDonnell Douglas in 1973, the canard-equipped converted jet fighter served as a test platform throughout its 36-year career for the U.S. Air Force, McDonnell Douglas and NASA. January 30, 2009 NASA Photo / Tony Landis ED09-0023-24
Date 2/17/09
F-15B #837 Final Flight
Read News Release 09-04 NASA …
2/17/09
Description Read News Release 09-04 NASA research pilot Jim Smolka brings NF-15B No. 837 down onto the Edwards Air Force Base runway after the aircraft's final flight. Smolka flew many of the 251 missions flown by the unique aircraft in a variety of research projects during its 14-year NASA career, and was instrumental in bringing the craft to NASA after its lengthy tenure as a research and developmental test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and McDonnell Douglas. January 30, 2009 NASA Photo / Tony Landis ED09-0023-40
Date 2/17/09
Our Chaotic Neighbor
Title Our Chaotic Neighbor
Description This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. The infrared image, a mosaic of more than 100,000 individual tiles, offers astronomers a unique chance to study the lifecycle of stars and dust in a single galaxy. Nearly one million objects are revealed for the first time in this Spitzer view, which represents about a 1,000-fold improvement in sensitivity over previous space-based missions. Most of the new objects are dusty stars of various ages populating the Large Magellanic Cloud, the rest are thought to be background galaxies. The blue color in the picture, seen most prominently in the central bar, represents starlight from older stars. The chaotic, bright regions outside this bar are filled with hot, massive stars buried in thick blankets of dust. The red clouds contain cooler interstellar gas and molecular-sized dust grains illuminated by ambient starlight. The Large Magellanic Cloud, located 160,000 light-years from Earth, is one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit our own Milky Way. It is approximately one-third as wide as the Milky Way, and, if it could be seen in its entirety, would cover the same amount of sky as a grid of about 480 full moons. About one-third of the whole galaxy can be seen in the Spitzer image. This picture is a composite of infrared light captured by Spitzer's infrared array camera. Light with wavelengths of 8 and 5.8 microns is red and orange: 4.5-micron light is green, and 3.6-micron light is blue.
Our Chaotic Neighbor
Title Our Chaotic Neighbor
Description This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. The infrared image, a mosaic of more than 100,000 individual tiles, offers astronomers a unique chance to study the lifecycle of stars and dust in a single galaxy. Nearly one million objects are revealed for the first time in this Spitzer view, which represents about a 1,000-fold improvement in sensitivity over previous space-based missions. Most of the new objects are dusty stars of various ages populating the Large Magellanic Cloud, the rest are thought to be background galaxies. The blue color in the picture, seen most prominently in the central bar, represents starlight from older stars. The chaotic, bright regions outside this bar are filled with hot, massive stars buried in thick blankets of dust. The red clouds contain cooler interstellar gas and molecular-sized dust grains illuminated by ambient starlight. The Large Magellanic Cloud, located 160,000 light-years from Earth, is one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit our own Milky Way. It is approximately one-third as wide as the Milky Way, and, if it could be seen in its entirety, would cover the same amount of sky as a grid of about 480 full moons. About one-third of the whole galaxy can be seen in the Spitzer image. This picture is a composite of infrared light captured by Spitzer's infrared array camera. Light with wavelengths of 8 and 5.8 microns is red and orange: 4.5-micron light is green, and 3.6-micron light is blue.
Our Chaotic Neighbor
Title Our Chaotic Neighbor
Description This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. The infrared image, a mosaic of more than 100,000 individual tiles, offers astronomers a unique chance to study the lifecycle of stars and dust in a single galaxy. Nearly one million objects are revealed for the first time in this Spitzer view, which represents about a 1,000-fold improvement in sensitivity over previous space-based missions. Most of the new objects are dusty stars of various ages populating the Large Magellanic Cloud, the rest are thought to be background galaxies. The blue color in the picture, seen most prominently in the central bar, represents starlight from older stars. The chaotic, bright regions outside this bar are filled with hot, massive stars buried in thick blankets of dust. The red clouds contain cooler interstellar gas and molecular-sized dust grains illuminated by ambient starlight. The Large Magellanic Cloud, located 160,000 light-years from Earth, is one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit our own Milky Way. It is approximately one-third as wide as the Milky Way, and, if it could be seen in its entirety, would cover the same amount of sky as a grid of about 480 full moons. About one-third of the whole galaxy can be seen in the Spitzer image. This picture is a composite of infrared light captured by Spitzer's infrared array camera. Light with wavelengths of 8 and 5.8 microns is red and orange: 4.5-micron light is green, and 3.6-micron light is blue.
What's Old Is New in the Lar …
Title What's Old Is New in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Description This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. The infrared image, a mosaic of 300,000 individual tiles, offers astronomers a unique chance to study the lifecycle of stars and dust in a single galaxy. Nearly one million objects are revealed for the first time in this Spitzer view, which represents about a 1,000-fold improvement in sensitivity over previous space-based missions. Most of the new objects are dusty stars of various ages populating the Large Magellanic Cloud, the rest are thought to be background galaxies. The blue color in the picture, seen most prominently in the central bar, represents starlight from older stars. The chaotic, bright regions outside this bar are filled with hot, massive stars buried in thick blankets of dust. The red color around these bright regions is from dust heated by stars, while the red dots scattered throughout the picture are either dusty, old stars or more distant galaxies. The greenish clouds contain cooler interstellar gas and molecular-sized dust grains illuminated by ambient starlight. Astronomers say this image allows them to quantify the process by which space dust ? the same stuff that makes up planets and even people ? is recycled in a galaxy. The picture shows dust at its three main cosmic hangouts: around the young stars, where it is being consumed (red-tinted, bright clouds), scattered about in the space between stars (greenish clouds), and in expelled shells of material from old stars (randomly-spaced red dots). The Large Magellanic Cloud, located 160,000 light-years from Earth, is one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit our own Milky Way. It is approximately one-third as wide as the Milky Way, and, if it could be seen in its entirety, would cover the same amount of sky as a grid of about 480 full moons. About one-third of the entire galaxy can be seen in the Spitzer image. This picture is a composite of infrared light captured by Spitzer. Light with wavelengths of 3.6 (blue) and 8 (green) microns was captured by the telescope's infrared array camera, 24-micron light (red) was detected by the multiband imaging photometer.
What's Old Is New in the Lar …
Title What's Old Is New in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Description This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. The infrared image, a mosaic of 300,000 individual tiles, offers astronomers a unique chance to study the lifecycle of stars and dust in a single galaxy. Nearly one million objects are revealed for the first time in this Spitzer view, which represents about a 1,000-fold improvement in sensitivity over previous space-based missions. Most of the new objects are dusty stars of various ages populating the Large Magellanic Cloud, the rest are thought to be background galaxies. The blue color in the picture, seen most prominently in the central bar, represents starlight from older stars. The chaotic, bright regions outside this bar are filled with hot, massive stars buried in thick blankets of dust. The red color around these bright regions is from dust heated by stars, while the red dots scattered throughout the picture are either dusty, old stars or more distant galaxies. The greenish clouds contain cooler interstellar gas and molecular-sized dust grains illuminated by ambient starlight. Astronomers say this image allows them to quantify the process by which space dust ? the same stuff that makes up planets and even people ? is recycled in a galaxy. The picture shows dust at its three main cosmic hangouts: around the young stars, where it is being consumed (red-tinted, bright clouds), scattered about in the space between stars (greenish clouds), and in expelled shells of material from old stars (randomly-spaced red dots). The Large Magellanic Cloud, located 160,000 light-years from Earth, is one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit our own Milky Way. It is approximately one-third as wide as the Milky Way, and, if it could be seen in its entirety, would cover the same amount of sky as a grid of about 480 full moons. About one-third of the entire galaxy can be seen in the Spitzer image. This picture is a composite of infrared light captured by Spitzer. Light with wavelengths of 3.6 (blue) and 8 (green) microns was captured by the telescope's infrared array camera, 24-micron light (red) was detected by the multiband imaging photometer.
What's Old Is New in the Lar …
Title What's Old Is New in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Description This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. The infrared image, a mosaic of 300,000 individual tiles, offers astronomers a unique chance to study the lifecycle of stars and dust in a single galaxy. Nearly one million objects are revealed for the first time in this Spitzer view, which represents about a 1,000-fold improvement in sensitivity over previous space-based missions. Most of the new objects are dusty stars of various ages populating the Large Magellanic Cloud, the rest are thought to be background galaxies. The blue color in the picture, seen most prominently in the central bar, represents starlight from older stars. The chaotic, bright regions outside this bar are filled with hot, massive stars buried in thick blankets of dust. The red color around these bright regions is from dust heated by stars, while the red dots scattered throughout the picture are either dusty, old stars or more distant galaxies. The greenish clouds contain cooler interstellar gas and molecular-sized dust grains illuminated by ambient starlight. Astronomers say this image allows them to quantify the process by which space dust ? the same stuff that makes up planets and even people ? is recycled in a galaxy. The picture shows dust at its three main cosmic hangouts: around the young stars, where it is being consumed (red-tinted, bright clouds), scattered about in the space between stars (greenish clouds), and in expelled shells of material from old stars (randomly-spaced red dots). The Large Magellanic Cloud, located 160,000 light-years from Earth, is one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit our own Milky Way. It is approximately one-third as wide as the Milky Way, and, if it could be seen in its entirety, would cover the same amount of sky as a grid of about 480 full moons. About one-third of the entire galaxy can be seen in the Spitzer image. This picture is a composite of infrared light captured by Spitzer. Light with wavelengths of 3.6 (blue) and 8 (green) microns was captured by the telescope's infrared array camera, 24-micron light (red) was detected by the multiband imaging photometer.
Cassini News from Saturn
Description Cassini News from Saturn
Full Description Douglas Equils, science systems engineer
Date January 11, 2007
U.S. Space Plans
title U.S. Space Plans
date 07.29.1955
description An American team at a press confernce announcing plans for the building and launching of the first man-made satellite. The then Presidential press secretary James Hagerty is shown with five scientists during the meeting at which announcement of President Eisenhower's approval of the plan was made. Front, left to right, are: Dr. Alan T. Waterman, Hagerty, Dr. S. Douglas Cornell and Dr. Alan Shapley. Standing, left to right: Dr. J. Wallace Joyce and Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus. *Image Credit*: NASA History Office
McDonnell-Douglas Space Stat …
Title McDonnell-Douglas Space Station Concept
Full Description This McDonnell-Douglas concept drawing depicts a robotic arm controlled by an astronaut. The arm is being used to maneuver a new addition to the space station into place. The robotic arm was to have been essential to building the space station in orbit.
Date 04/1986
NASA Center Headquarters
Astronaut Deke Slayton durin …
Title Astronaut Deke Slayton during World War II
Full Description This World War II photograph shows future Astronaut Donald "Deke" K. Slayton (on right) and 1st Lt. Ed Steinman (on left) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the summer of 1945. While the exact location is unknown, the photograph was most likely taken on Okinawa. 1st Lt. Slayton was one of only two NASA astronauts to fly combat missions during World War II. Slayton was born in 1924 in Sparta, Wisconsin, and joined the Army Air Force soon after high school. He completed flight training in April 1943, and spent a year in Europe as a B-25 pilot with the 340th Bombardment Group, completing 56 combat missions. In 1944, he returned to the United States for a year before being assigned to Okinawa with the 319th Bombardment Group. As part of the first group to fly combat with the A-26 aircraft, he flew seven combat missions over Japan. Slayton logged more the 6,600 hours of flying time, including 5,100 in jet aircraft. He was named as one of the seven Mercury astronauts in April 1959 and was scheduled to pilot the Mercury- Atlas 7 mission, but a heart condition prevented him from flying. After years of work as the Coordinator of Astronaut Activities and Director of Flight Crew Operations, he was again declared fit to fly in March 1972. Three years later he participated in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project as the Apollo docking module pilot. While he did not fly again, he continued to work for NASA until 1982 in a variety of capacities. He died on June 13, 1993.
Date 1945
NASA Center Headquarters
Bumper WAC
Title Bumper WAC
Full Description On February 24, 1949 a high altitude test vehicle called Bumper WAC launched from White Sands Proving Ground. It reached a record altitude of two hundred and fifty miles- the "first recorded man-made object to reach extraterrestrial space." This record held until 1957. Its first stage was a V-2 (German A-4) rocket, the warhead replaced by a launching compartment. After the V-2 shut down, there was a high altitude "bump," which provided the name for the rocket. The photo shows the second stage, a modified WAC Corporal sounding rocket, mounted in the nose cone. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory was responsible for design study, development, and testing of the Bumper WAC in cooperation with General Electric and Douglas Aircraft, for the Army Ordnance Department. Bumper WAC was the world's first large two-stage liquid propellant rocket.
Date 02/24/1949
NASA Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Columbia Accident Investigat …
Title Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Full Description The Columbia Accident Investigation Board gathers for a second day for its third public hearing, held in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The CAIB was set up to examine STS-107 and analyze exploratory tests. Navy Admiral Harold W. "Hal" Gehman Jr. was designated as the Chairman of the Board. From left to right in this photo sit Board Members Steven B. Wallace, Scott Hubbard, Dr. John Logsdon, Rear Admiral Stephen Turcotte, Hal Gehman, General Duane Deal, Dr. Douglas Osheroff, and Maj. General Kenneth W. Hess. Not shown are Maj. General John Barry, Dr. James N. Hallock, Roger Tetrault, Dr. Sheila Widnall, and Dr. Sally Ride. For more information on STS-107, please see GRIN Columbia General Explanation [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GRINColumbiaGenExpl.html ]
Date 03/26/2003
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
D-558-1 in Flight
Title D-558-1 in Flight
Full Description This is a 1952 NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station inflight photograph of the Douglas D-558-1 #3 Skystreak. Even with partial cloud cover the white aircraft is easy to see. Conceived in 1945, the D558-1 Skystreak was designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, in conjunction with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The Skystreaks were turojet powered aircraft that took off from the ground under their own power and had straight wings and tails. Much of the research performed by the D-558-1 Skystreaks was quickly overshadowed in the popular media by Chuck Yeager and the X-1 rocketplane. But the Skystreak performed an important role in aeronautical research by flying for extended periods of time at transonic speeds, which freed the X-1 to fly for limited periods at supersonic speeds.
Date 05/01/1952
NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center
D-558-2 being mounted to P2B …
Title D-558-2 being mounted to P2B-1 Mothership
Full Description This 1954 photograph shows the Douglas D-558-2 #2 under the left wing of the P2B-1 launch aircraft. The P2B-1 has been lifted on mechanical jacks in the hangar for a possible fit check or a rare attachment of the Skyrocket for a flight.
Date 01/01/1954
NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center
D-558-2 Dropped from B-29 Mo …
Title D-558-2 Dropped from B-29 Mothership
Full Description The D-558-2 #2 is launched from the P2B-1 in this 1956 NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph. The D-558 Phase Two aircraft was quite different from its Phase One predecessor, the Skystreak. German wartime aeronautical research records, reviewed in 1945 by Douglas Aircraft Company personnel, pointed to many advantages gained from incorporating sweptback wing design into future research aircraft. These findings along with wind tunnel studies performed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, resulted in the modification of the straight wing D-558-1 Skystreak contract to include investigation of sweptback wings. Three redesigned aircraft were built by Douglas Aircraft Company under a contract from the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and named D-558-2 Skyrocket. Originally all three were designed for ground take-off and used mixed power propulsion systems, consisting of a turbojet engine for take-off and a rocket engine, for greater speed in flight. The early flight tests were made using only the turbojet engine with the rocket engines added, when available. As the flight program evolved, only one D-558-2 ended-up powered by a mixed rocket and turbo-jet propulsion system. From the experience gained during the X-1 rocket program and from Skyrocket mixed propulsion flights, the Navy and the NACA proceeded to have all three of the D-558-2 aircraft modified for air launching from a Navy-operated P2B-1 Superfortress (Navy version of the Air Force B-29), later becoming NACA 137. Although not designated an "X vehicle," the D-558-2 was essentially an X-vehicle aircraft in design and function, and contributed much to aeronautics research.
Date 01/01/1956
NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center
Schirra, Stafford and Gemini …
Title Schirra, Stafford and Gemini on Deck
Full Description Astronaut Walter H. Schirra Jr. (on right), Command pilot, climbs from his Gemini VI spacecraft as he and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (not in view) arrive aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. They are assisted by various McDonell Douglas technicians. The Gemini VI spacecraft splashed down in the western Atlantic recover area at 10:29 a.m. (EST) December 16, 1965, after a successful 25 hr. 52 minute mission in space.
Date 12/16/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Skyrocket In Flight With F-8 …
Title Skyrocket In Flight With F-86 Chase Plane
Full Description This mid-1950s photograph shows the Douglas D-558-2 and the North American F-86 Sabre chase aircraft in flight. Both aircraft display early examples of swept wing airfoils.
Date 01/01/1955
NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center
Experimental Low-Drag Test P …
Title Experimental Low-Drag Test Panel on Douglas B-18
Full Description In the spring of 1941 Langley installed an experimental low-drag test panel on the wing of a Douglas B-18 airplane. The panel was fitted with suction slots and pressure tubes for a free flight investigation of the transition from laminar to turbulent flow in the boundary layer. The pressure at each tube was measured by liquid manometers installed in the fuselage.
Date 01/01/1941
NASA Center Langley Research Center
The NACA Test Force
Title The NACA Test Force
Full Description The fleet of NACA test aircraft are assembled in front of the hangar at the High Speed Flight Station, (later renamed the Dryden Flight Research Center) in Edwards, California. The white aircraft in the foreground is a Douglas Aircraft D-558-2 Skyrocket. To its left and right are North American F-86 Sabre chase aircraft. Directly behind the D-558-2 is the P2B-1 Superfortress, (the Navy version of the Air Force B-29). Also known as the "mothership," the P2B-1 carried aloft the D-558-2 Skyrocket under its fuselage. Once reaching altitude, the D-558-2 was released from the "mothership" after which the pilot ignited its onboard rocket engine.
Date 01/01/1952
NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center
Theodore von Karman
Title Theodore von Karman
Full Description Dr. Theodore von Karman, co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Pasadena, California was an aeronautical theoretician. His contributions in the fields of aerodynamics and aeronautical engineering are well documented and well known to every aerospace engineer. He was the first winner of the prestigious U.S. Medal of Science presented to him by President John F. Kennedy. As well as being co-founder of JPL, he also was principal founder of a major rocket propulsion firm (Aerojet-General Corp.), the top science advisor to the U.S. Air Force during its transition to jet propulsion aircraft and the top science advisor to NATO. He was, during much of this time, the fountainhead of aerodynamic thought as head of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) in Pasadena, California. In the May 1956 issue of the Journal of Aeronautical Sciences, it was said of him that "No other man has had so great an impact on the development of aeronautical science in this country. Hundreds of young men became his students and scientific collaborators and were inspired to greater effort." Dr. William H. Pickering, then director of JPL said in 1960 "We wouldn't have an aeronautical science as we know it today, if it weren't for Dr. Thoedore von Karman." Under his guidance, Caltech's 10 foot wind tunnel was designed, built and operated. Industry firms such as Douglas, Northrop, Hughes, Lockheed, North American, Vultee and Consolidated all tested new aeronautical designs and concepts in GALCIT's tunnel. Even Boeing's own high-speed wind tunnel was heavily influenced by suggestions from von Karman. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) became so concerned about GALCIT's growing influence over West coast aviation, it erected the Ames Laboratory in Sunnyvale, California in part to deter an ever widening aeronautical gap that had formed between NACA and GALCIT. From 1936 to 1940, Caltech stood alone as the only university-based rocket research center. Von Karman gambled his prestige by supporting Frank Malina and H.S. Tsien's work on rocketry. Other institutions of higher learning dismissed such research as 'fantastical' and left such endeavors to visionaries like Robert Goddard. Foundational theoretical research by Von Karman gave rise to the first successful solid-fuel rocket engine firings. This led to federal funding for studies that lead to a form of aircraft rocket propulsion called Jet Assisted Take-Off or (JATO). Success in this endeavor led to von Karman establishing two more highly regarded institutions, both originally dedicated to rocketry: the Aerojet Engineering Company and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The last years of his life were spent in Paris, his favorite city. His interest in aeronautical research and contributions to it never waned. He organized in Paris the NATO Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development (AGARD). Staffed by American and European scientists eager to, serve, its many committees investigated such disciplines as propulsion, aerodynamics and electronics. The legacy of his personable leadership and 'soft touch' approach to problem solving was only equalled by his genius.
Date 01/01/1950
NASA Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory
VSTOL in the 9 x 7 Foot Wind …
Title VSTOL in the 9 x 7 Foot Wind Tunnel
Full Description Engineer Don Durston mounts a McDonnell Douglas Vertical Short Take-Off and Landing (VSTOL) fighter model in the 9 x 7 Foot Wind Tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California.
Date 01/01/1987
NASA Center Ames Research Center
X-36 on Ramp
Title X-36 on Ramp
Full Description NASA Dryden Flight Fesearch Center, Edwards California is hosting the X-36 program, as well as providing range support for the flight tests. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California originated the X- 36 program and is managing the program in a cooperative effort with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. MDC's responsibilities include flight preparation and testing, data acquisition and analysis. The X-36 is a small, remotely-piloted jet built by MDC and designed to fly without the traditional tail surfaces common on most aircraft. Two 28 percent scale vehicles will be put through fighter aircraft maneuvers during the scheduled 25 flight program. The goal is to gather data on the performance characteristics, especially agility, of tailless, fighter type aircraft. The lack of vertical tails on the X-36 greatly enhances the stealthy characteristics of the airplane, and holds promise for greater agility than is currently available in existing fighter aircraft. The X-36 is 18 feet long with a 10 foot wingspan, is 3 feet high, and weighs 1,270 pounds.
Date 07/16/1997
NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center
Hubble Observes the Moons an …
Title Hubble Observes the Moons and Rings of the Planet Uranus
Hubble Observes the Moons an …
Title Hubble Observes the Moons and Rings of the Planet Uranus
The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A P …
Title The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A Planetary Nebula in the Making
The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A P …
Title The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A Planetary Nebula in the Making
The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A P …
Title The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A Planetary Nebula in the Making
The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A P …
Title The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A Planetary Nebula in the Making
Hubble Observes the Moons an …
Title Hubble Observes the Moons and Rings of the Planet Uranus
AC96-0071-1
Date: Feb 22, 1996 Photograp …
2/22/96
Description Date: Feb 22, 1996 Photographer: Dominic Hart Mc Donnell Douglas MD-11 Model in Ames 12ft. W.T. (1st Non-NASA customer of the refurbished W.T.)
Date 2/22/96
AC96-0071-2
Date: Feb 22, 1996 Photograp …
2/22/96
Description Date: Feb 22, 1996 Photographer: Dominic Hart Mc Donnell Douglas MD-11 Model in Ames 12ft. W.T. (1st Non-NASA customer of the refurbished W.T.)
Date 2/22/96
AC96-0071-3
Date: Feb 22, 1996 Photograp …
2/22/96
Description Date: Feb 22, 1996 Photographer: Dominic Hart Mc Donnell Douglas MD-11 Model in Ames 12ft. W.T. (1st Non-NASA customer of the refurbished W.T.)
Date 2/22/96
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