Glenn History GalleryNACA official Addison Rothrock, speaks at the groundbreaking for the Plum Brook Reactor Facility in 1956.A full-scale translating spike inlet for the B-58 Hustler was the first test conducted in the brand new 10 x...Research Pilot Fred Haise prepares to take off in T-38 aircraft on April 8, 1970, just days prior to the...Martin B–57B Canberra with wing tip fuel tanks used for an experimental liquid hydrogen fuel system, referred to as Project...The six concrete passages in the new acoustical housing addition to the 8 x 6 wind tunnel contained resonators to...Hygrometer probes on the Ames CV-990 research aircraft measured water vapor in the air during unusual meteorological events.Dorothy Simon greets Dr. N.P. Moore of the Imperial College London during a September 1954 visit to the NACA. Simon...Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1955, Easley began her career at NASA, then the National Advisory Committee...Inventor Stephen Papell demonstrates the effects of a magnetic field on a magnetic propellant mixed with water in 1963.Research on the aerodynamics of missiles was underway in 1957.Flight research was an important part of the center’s activities during NACA.A Cleveland Clinic nurse prepares a patient for neutron therapy at NASA Lewis’ Cyclotron Facility. Lewis’ 69-inch cyclotron accelerated atomic...NASA scientists demonstrated scientific concepts for an audience of adults and students.In 2016, Bill Wynne posed with a photograph he took in 1948 of the NACA’s F-82. An exhibit at the...Television cameras were used to film rocket propellant thrust tests in 1957.In 1957, researchers looked for ways to reduce noise on newer, larger aircraft engines.NASA Lewis researchers presented their work in ion engine technology at a showcase in 1958.In the 1940s and 50s, researchers at NASA Lewis supported experimental missile research with test flights to understand drag and...NASA Glenn began investigating engine noise on aircraft shortly after the Korean War.Eisenhower’s joint chiefs chairman toured the center to see the latest propulsion and aeronautic research advances.National leaders in aeronautic research toured the center’s research laboratories.