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Langley Exploration Features

Students Had a HUNCH About Spinning Chair

Sixteen Hampton Roads area high school students work with NASA and New Horizons to build a spatial disorientation simulator for pilots and astronauts.
Lightfoot Gets a New View of NASA Research

NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot began his Langley visit as a leader; he ended it as a mentee.
Astronaut Pilots a "Dream" at NASA Langley

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer visited Langley's Cockpit Motion Facility in May to fly simulated Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser landings.
Davis Represents Curiosity EDL Team at NASM Award Ceremony

The Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent and landing received the 2013 Trophy for Current Achievement from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum April 24.
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Orion LAS Team Visits New Orleans for Ogive Checkup

Members of the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) team met at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans to review progress of the assimilation of the LAS Ogive Assembly, which will be flown o...
Technology to "Hear" Potential Leaks

Space station's Ultrasonic Background Noise Test (UBNT) to detect air leaks by "listening" for high frequency sounds