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MakerBot
Langley's new Personal Fabrication Laboratory now has a MakerBot. In this video, the 3D printer is making a space shuttle out of glow-in-the-dark plastic material. In real time, the process took about 25 minutes.
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Hydro Impact Basin Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Slideshow
A ceremonial ribbon-cutting held Aug. 9, 2011, at NASA Langley Research Center officially opened the new Hydro Impact Basin testing facility which will be vital to the development and certification of future space exploration vehicles.
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Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Water Landing Test
The third Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) water landing test conducted at the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA Langley Research Center. This test represented the worst-case scenario for landing -- inversion.
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Hydro Impact Basin Boilerplate Test Article Drop Test
The successful first drop test of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) boilerplate test article, or BTA, July 12, 2011. The BTA, which weighs 22,700 pounds (10,297 kg) was going about 24 mph (38.6 kph) at impact. (mp4)
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Composite Space Telescope Truss
Piece by piece a team of NASA researchers put together a huge composite and metal structure that looked a lot like high-tech tinkertoys on steroids. (mp4)
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Helicopter Drop Test
This crash test of a small, lightweight helicopter at Langley Research Center was a smashing success, literally -- just as NASA engineers had predicted. (mp4)
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X-48C Prototype Wind Tunnel Test
Smoke flow visualization on a 21-foot-wingspan X-48C prototype -- an advanced concept, fuel-efficient blended wing body aircraft -- in NASA Langley's historic Full-Scale Tunnel. (mp4)
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AirSTAR
The remotely-piloted Airborne Subscale Transport Aircraft Research (AirSTAR) generic transport model demonstrates software and control systems that may some day make airliners safer. (mp4)
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Pilots Take Part in Cockpit Research
Commercial pilots come to NASA Langley Research Center's Research Flight Deck simulator to test out how 'NextGen' cockpit technologies being developed to improve safety and efficiency may impact flight crew roles and responsibilities. (mp4)
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Air Traffic Operations Laboratory
The Air Traffic Operations Laboratory is used to test technologies to help improve air traffic management and prepare the U.S. for a predicted growth in air travel over the next few decades. (mp4)
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