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You can search for NASA fact sheets from all the NASA Centers, or browse this collection of fact sheets on aeronautics, space and atmospheric/earth sciences research at NASA Langley in Hampton, Va. The NASA Langley fact sheets are divided into the following categories:

General Information
Aeronautics Research
Atmospheric / Earth Sciences
Space Science / Human Exploration & Development of Space
Technology Spinoffs

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Aeronautics Research

Document Number

Document Title

PDF

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FS-2004-07-95-LaRC Small Aircraft Transportation System
Technology Development Could Transform Public Air Travel
460 KB n/a
FS-2004-07-92-LaRC Synthetic Vision: A Visibility Solution to a Visibility Problem 3.3 MB n/a
FS-2004-07-94-LaRC NASA-led Technologies Could Increase Air Travel Access 940 KB n/a
FS-2004-03-85-LaRC NASA "Hyper-X" Program Demonstrates Scramjet Technologies
X-43A Being Readied for Reflight
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FS-2004-02-83-LaRC NASA Technology Could Help Decrease Air Traffic Delays 3.7M n/a
FS-2003-11-81-LaRC Blended Wing Body – A potential new aircraft design 288K n/a
FS-2002-09-73-LaRC Reducing Aircraft Noise to Improve Our Quality of Life: NASA's Quiet Aircraft Technology Program 1.3 MB n/a

FS-2001-04-63-LaRC

Opening the Door to a New Era in Flight

25 KB

5.7 MB

 

Hyper-X Glider Kit

780 KB

0 KB

FS-2000-06-52-LaRC

Micro-Vortex Generators Enhance Aircraft Performance

1,118 KB

0 KB

 

AGATE Glider Kit

300 KB

0 KB

FS-2001-03-59-LaRC Small Aircraft Transportation System:
NASA-Led Technology Development Aimed at Increasing Mobility, Access for Smaller Communities
562 KB n/a
FS-2000-09-53-LaRC Runway Incursion Prevention:
Cockpit Displays Could Help Reduce Accidents
551 KB 840 KB
FS-2000-06-51-LaRC System Tackles Wake Vortex Spacing Issues:
NASA Technology Will Reduce Flight Delays
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FS-2000-02-47-LaRC NASA Aviation Safety Program 4822 K n/a
FS-2000-02-48-LaRC Synthetic Vision Would Give Pilots Clear Skies All the Time 136 KB 4040 K
FS-2000-06-43-LaRC The Glass Cockpit 126 KB 745 KB
FS-1999-12-42-LaRC Airport Surface Capacity and Safety Enhancement Technologies 76 KB 306 KB
FS-1999-12-42-LaRC ARIES: NASA's "Flying Lab" Takes Wing 108 KB 601 KB
FS-1998-06-39-LaRC NASA's Aviation Safety Accomplishments 150 KB 1 MB
FS-1998-06-37-LaRC NASA's Aviation Safety Program: Making the Skies Safer 150 K 1.1 MB
FS-1996-05-06-LaRC NASA's Contributions to the C-17 Globemaster III 40 KB 873 KB
FS-1999-08-46-LaRC NASA Contributions to the F/A-18E/F 584 KB 1.7 MB
FS-1998-09-34-LaRC NASA's High-Speed Research Program: The eXternal Vision System - A "Windowless" Cockpit 66 KB 380 KB
FS-1999-12-46-LaRC NASA Technology to Help On-Time Arrivals 108 KB 601 KB
FS-1996-05-01-LaRC Triumph of Technology: NASA Contributions to the Boeing 777 310 KB 941 KB
FS-1999-07-45-LaRC Research Aims to Prevent Accidents on Hazardous Runways 68 KB 748 KB

FS-1998-11-40-LaRC

NASA and Lockheed Martin: Partners in C-130 Technology

156 KB

n/a

 

NASA's B-757 Aircraft Glider Kit

280 KB

0 KB

LG-1998-05-498-HQ

C-17 Globemaster III Lithograph

78 KB

0 KB

LG-1998-05-499-HQ

Boeing 777 Lithograph

98 KB

0 KB

General Information & Archival fact sheets:
Many former Langley research programs and initiatives have helped shape the past and present of aerospace technology in the United States and the world. Though these research programs are no longer active, they are still important to understanding the importance of the work done at NASA's Langley Research Center.

SP-4216

Airborne Trailblazer: Two Decades With NASA Langley's 737 Flying Laboratory

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FS-2000-04-15-LaRC NASA's High-Speed Research Program:
Developing a Future Supersonic Jet
17 KB 722 KB

NF 177

The Hazard Index: Langley's "F-Factor"

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NF 166

Testing the First Supersonic Aircraft:
Memoirs of NACA Pilot Bob Champine

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Making the Skies Safe From Windshear

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FS-1996-07-02-LaRC

Affordable Alternative Transportation:
AGATE - Revitalizing General Aviation

298 KB

8 MB

FS-1998-07-38-LaRC

Air Transportation in the 21st Century:
The Future of Flight

150KB

750KB

FS-1998-09-33-LaRC

NASA's High-Speed Research Program:
The Environmental Effects of a Supersonic Passenger Jet

50 KB

330KB

FS-1996-09-17-LaRC

NASA's High-Speed Research Program:
Smoothing the Flow Over Supersonic Wings

64 KB

437KB

 

High-Speed Civil Transport Glider Kit

120 KB

n/a

FS-1996-07-01-LaRC

An Olympic Challenge Over Atlanta

544 KB

4.3 MB

FS-1997-08-31-LaRC

The Advanced Stitching Machine:
Making Composite Wing Structures of the Future

112 KB

n/a

FS-1995-07-01-LaRC

CD-ROM Captures a Legacy in General Aviation Research

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NF 226

NASA's B-737 Flying Laboratory

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FS-1996-09-18-LaRC

NASA's High-Speed Research Program:
The Tu-144LL -- A Supersonic Flying Laboratory

94 KB

5.8 MB

FS-1997-07-29-LaRC

NASA's LoFLYTE Program Flown:
Flights Demonstrate Airworthiness of "Waverider" Shape

182 KB

2.3 MB

NF 179 (May 1993) Helping Pilots See Through the 'Soup' 99 KB 3 MB

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