Glenn Research CenterFeatured Images from NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. A Boeing B–29 Superfortress parks at the NACA’s laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio. The aircraft was used in July 1944 to...Preparation of a Lewis-designed microgravity experiment to be conducted during Mercury-Atlas-7 mission. The test studied the effect of acceleration disturbances...Cary Nettles (left) and Warren Plohr with a microgravity experiment that was recently flown on the Aurora 7 Project Mercury...Firing of a JATO engine in Cell 13 at the Rocket Lab in March 1946.Cleveland’s historic Terminal Tower building was the scene of the microgravity experiment. It was lit up red in February 2021...NASA technicians set up the drop package test rig inside an elevator at the Terminal Tower building. The 4-inch diameter,...Aerial view of the rocket laboratory in 2006.A researcher examines a laser diagnostic system in Cell 24 of the Rocket Lab (1990).A Magneto Hydrodynamic rig being tested in 1974.A Lewis photographer films the test of a liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen rocket engine in Cell 22 of the Rocket Lab. Tests were...Doreen Zudell joined the Lewis News team in 1990. After the transition to Aerospace Frontiers, she became the editor and...Women help conduct an aircraft engine test from the control room of the Engine Research Building in June 1944. The...Christine Truax supervised the center’s computation activities from 1942 to 1967. Truax, a former educator in her native Mississippi, prided...Chemist Frances Dunkel Coffin at work in the Materials and Stresses Building. Coffin started at the laboratory in 1951 after...S. Jenise Veris was a writer and editor for the center newsletter for 25 years before retiring in 2020. During...Newly elected BPW officers in June 1977 included (from left) June Szucs (secretary and Community Relations assistant for 39 years),...Sandy Reehorst joined Glenn Research Center in 1985 and later in her career was responsible for the space station’s flight...In 1993 Carol Russo was named director of Aeronautics, the first woman to head a directorate at the center. She...X-59 Sonic Boom Test Model in the 8′ x 6′ Supersonic Wind Tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.Dr. Marla Pérez-Davis, director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.Construction of the AERL Administration Building in September 1942. The building officially opened on December 15, 1942.NASA’s aeronautical innovators invite you to spread your wings as part of #NationalAviationDay on Aug. 19.The STDCE experiment was tested onboard the NASA KC-135 microgravity aircraft in May 1992 prior to its launch into space...
