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Rewarding Not Faster or Higher, but Safer Flight
NASA Langley's contribution to answering a challenge issued by then-Vice President Al Gore in 1997 was recognized Tuesday night, when the center's members of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) were honored for their role in earning the 2008 Robert J. Collier Trophy.
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NASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield
A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.
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EAA AirVenture: An Aviator's Dream World
Aviation enthusiasts seek out certain destinations. For a week every summer a small airfield in central Wisconsin is an aviator's dream world.
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NASA Engineer Helps Comedian Tackle Fear of Flying
What would possess anyone to live on an airplane for a month? NASA engineer Anna McGowan visits comedian Mark Malkoff between flights.
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For Alexandrov, a Triumph of the Right Brain
It began with a mention of New Scientist magazine in a blog. Natalia Alexandrov bought one, sat down to read and the muse immediately flew to her side in the sort of literary epiphany that every writer dreams about.
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Shin: Fundamental Aeronautics Aren't a Ceiling
When NASA's aim in aeronautics was called "fundamental," many looked at the concept as limiting. They saw a ceiling where once the sky was no limit. Jaiwon Shin sees fundamental aeronautics as an "engine that will make everything happen."
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Student's "Silent Airliner" Makes a Not-So-Silent Impression
Design a small supersonic airliner with a cruise speed of Mach 1.6 to 1.8, a design range of 4,000 nautical miles, a payload of 35-70 passengers, with fuel efficiency of three-passenger miles per pound of fuel and a takeoff field length of less than 10,000 feet. And the airliner should produce less noise. Ready? Go.
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Holmes Learns Lessons from Start-Up Airline
Shortly after Bruce Holmes retired from NASA Langley two years ago, he entered into a venture called DayJet, an idea whose time had, perhaps, not yet come.
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NASA Langley Shares in Collier Trophy for Seventh Time
For the seventh time Langley researchers are part of one of the most prestigious awards in aviation.
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With Every Beat, NASA Involved in How the Heart Behaves
Heart failure -- like structural failure in an aircraft -- is serious business.