For Release: Immediately
Release No. 97-013
NASA Langley Story Opportunities - February 1997
X-33
Wind Tunnel Testing Continues at NASA Langley. A composite
model of the next generation of space transportation, the X-33
reusable launch vehicle, is being tested in NASA Langley’s
22-Inch Mach 20 Helium Tunnel. These tests will give engineers
information on how well the X-33 flies at very high speeds (20
times faster than the speed of sound, or more than 12,000 mph).
This data will help engineers better design the X-33 prototype and
ensure that it can fly well at high speeds as it reenters the
Earth’s atmosphere from space. Interviews and photos are
available.
NASA HQ Public Affairs Contact: Jim Cast (202) 358-1779
NASA Langley Public Affairs Contact: Ann Gaudreaux (757)
864-8150
Lockheed Martin Public Affairs Contact: Jerry Rising (805)
572-3190
NASA Langley Supports Local School in National Robotics
Competition. Students at Phoebus High School, Hampton, are
building a robot for a national competition with help from NASA.
NASA has given the group of 32 students $30,000 to participate in
the high school robotics competition. NASA Langley engineers will
mentor the students for seven weeks. Students must build the robot
from a given set of materials and put it through a series of
obstacle courses during the competition. The competition is
designed to revitalize American youths' interest in science and
technology. The Phoebus robot will compete regionally March 20 at
Rutgers University in New Jersey. The national competition will be
held April 10 at Epcot Center, Orlando, Fla. Interviews, video and
photos are available.
Public Affairs Contact: Michael Finneran (757) 864-6121
NASA Scientist Wins Author Award from Meteorological
Society. Dr. Jack Fishman, a senior research scientist at NASA
Langley, is the 1996 co-recipient of the American Meteorological
Society’s Louis J. Battan Author Award. Fishman and Robert
Kalish, an environmental journalist from Bath, Maine, were honored
for their book, The Weather Revolution, on Feb. 5 at the
society’s annual banquet in Long Beach, Calif. The Weather
Revolution describes how advances in technology and our
understanding of meteorology will provide better weather forecasts
before the turn of the century. Interviews and photos are
available.
Public Affairs Contact: Catherine Watson (757) 864-6122
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