Historic Events	Facilities
People: A – J	Space Research
People: K – Q	Aeronautics Research
People: P – Z	Scientific Research
Groups

Historic Events

• Center Site Selection:  How NASA Glenn Landed in Cleveland
• Groundbreaking:  NASA Glenn Established in Cleveland in 1941
• Initiation of Research: 1942: Engine Roars to Life in First Test at Future NASA Glenn
• Relations with Other Centers:  NASA Glenn’s Langley Legacy
• Newsletter Origins:  NASA Glenn Newsletter Endures Test of Time
• Center Name Changes:  Center Names Evolve to Honor People and Achievements in Research
• NACA Inspections:  Lewis Research Center and the Post-War NACA Inspections
• 1957 Events:  NACA Lewis’s 1957 Transformation
• Educational Events: Cleveland Hosted 1960s NASA’s Space Extravaganza
  • Students Simulate Shuttle Missions in 1980s
  • How the Skylab 3 Command Module Found Its Home in Cleveland
• Astronaut Visits:  Apollo 17 Crew Salutes Plum Brook Station
  • NASA Lewis Welcomed Judy Resnick
• Social Activities:  NASA’s Annual Christmas Shows Brought Joy to Community Children
• Hall of Fame Inductions:  NASA Glenn Inaugurates Hall of Fame to Honor Exemplary Employees
  • NASA Glenn Inducts New Class into Hall of Fame

People: A – J

• Albert Antoine:  Chemist Provides Over 40 Years of Contributions to NASA Research
• Neil Armstrong:  From Pilot to First Man on the Moon
• Bruce Banks:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Isaiah Blankson:  NASA Glenn Researcher Leaves Legacy of Achievement and Generosity
• Les Bossinas:  Former Glenn Artist Brings Future Space Missions to Life
• Donald Campbell: Center Director Biography
• Jerrie Cobb:  Aviator Jerrie Cobb Trained in NASA’s Gimbal Rig in 1960
• Edgar Cortright:  National Academy of Engineering Memorial Tribute
• Olga Dominguez-Sanabria:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Julian Earls:  Center Director Biography
• James Free:  Center Director Biography
• Fred Haise:  Former Astronaut Supported Early Microgravity Studies at Glenn
• Hugh Harris:  ’Voice of NASA’ Began Career in Cleveland
• Marge Hyre:  Intrepid NASA Editor Rode with the Blue Angels in 1950s

People: K – Q

• Harold Kaufman:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Janet Kavandi:  Center Director Biography
• Jimmy Kenyon:  Center Director Biography
• John Klineberg: Center Director Biography
• Henry Kosmahl:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Howard Lily: NACA Test Pilot Competed in Cleveland National Air Races
• George Low:  George Low Spurred Moon Landings
• Ramon Lugo III:  Center Director Biography
• Bruce Lundin:  Center Director Biography
  • National Academy of Engineering Memorial Tribute
• John McCarthy:  Center Director Biography
• Joseph Nieberding:  Nieberding’s Missions to Post-Soviet Russia
• Joseph Nieberding and Larry Ross:  Learning from NASA’s Launch Failures
• Patricia O’Donnell:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Ruth Pater:  Scientist Renowned for her Polymer Research
• Marla Perez-Davis:  Center Director Biography
• Irving Pinkel: Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• J. Anthony Powell:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography

People: P – Z

• Daniel Raible:  From NACA to NASA: Engineer Has Extensive Family Legacy at Glenn
• Lonnie Reid:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Eli Reshotko:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Larry Ross: Center Director Biography
• Bobby Sanders:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• E. Raymond Sharp: Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
  • Center Director Biography
• Abe Silverstein: Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
  • National Academy of Engineering Memorial Tribute
  • Center Director Biography
• Dorothy Simon:  Renowned Woman Scientist Got Start at NACA in Cleveland in the 1950s
• John Sloop: Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• O. Frank Spurlock: Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Samuel Stein:  Invention Vital to NASA’s Hydrogen Engines
• Andrew Stofan:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
  • Center Director Biography
  •   Historical Biography
• Jesse Strickland:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography
• Woodrow Whitlow:  Center Director Biography
• William Wynne:  NASA Photographer’s Career Documented the War and NASA Research
• Peggy Yohner:  NASA Lewis’ First Woman Division Chief
• Erwin Zaretsky:  Glenn Hall of Fame Biography

Groups

• NACA-Era Pilots:  An Elite Team of Pilots Led Flight Research at NACA’s Cleveland Lab
• Female Employees:  NASA Glenn History Includes Contributions of Women in Aerospace Research
• Superstars of Aeronautics Award:  NASA Superstars Recognized for Contributions to Aeronautics
• Pre-Apprentice Program:  NASA-Led Program Provided Young African Americans Career Training

Facilities

• Flight Research Building:  Glenn Hangar Has Long Been the Face of the Center
• Administration Building:  Glenn’s Administration Building Completes Its Eight Decade
• Glenn Library:  NASA Glenn Library has Provided Technical Resources for 80 Years
• Altitude Wind Tunnel:  NASA Glenn Says Goodbye to Historic Facility
  • Inventor of Air Conditioning Helped Chill NASA Wind Tunnels
• Small Supersonic Tunnels:  The Cleveland Laboratory Enters the Supersonic Age
• 8-by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel:  The NACA Tames its New Wind Tunnel
• Propulsion Systems Lab (PSL):  Lab Built in 1950s to Test Powerful Full-Scale Aircraft Engines
• Development Engineering Building:  Origins of the Development Engineering Building
• Power Systems Facility:  Glenn’s Power Systems Facility has Supported Station Research for Decades

Space Research

• Project Mercury:  Gimbal Rig Astronaut Trainer
• Apollo Program:  Glenn Contributions to the Apollo Program
  • NASA Lewis Aids Apollo 13 Investigation
• Microgravity Research: The First On-Orbit Microgravity Experiment
  • First Microgravity Experiment Flown on Project Mercury
  • NASA Uses Cleveland Landmark for Microgravity Research in the 1960s
  • Center Leads Key Fluids Physics Experiment in Space
• Launch Vehicles:  Glenn Launch Vehicle History
  • Lewis Launched Lunar Orbiter 3 to the Moon in the 1960s
• Centaur Program:  A Road Trip for a Rocket
  • Centaur – America’s Workhorse in Space
  • Sending Cassini to Saturn
  •   Fifty Years of Planetary Exploration: Glenn Research Center
  •   Centaur Launched a Generation of Interplanetary Missions
• Mars Pathfinder:  NASA Glenn Had Key Role in NASA’s 1997 Return to Mars
  • Glenn Participation in Mars Pathfinder
• Space Hardware Testing:  Glenn’s Legacy of Testing Spacecraft Spans from Apollo to Artemis
  •   Glenn’s 50-Plus Years of Environmental Spacecraft Testing
  • Role in Skylab 3
  • Center Performs Key Testing for 1970s Interplanetary Missions
• Hubble Space Telescope:  Lewis Experts Supported a Critical Repair on Hubble in the 1990s
• Electric Propulsion:  Contributions to Deep Space 1
  • Deep Space 1 Validated the Promise of Ion Thrusters
• Space Stations:  Glenn Research Center’s Space Station Power Systems
  • Participation in Shuttle-Mir Missions
  •   International Space Station Celebrates 20th Anniversary AF
  • Glenn Research Center and the ISS
  • After 20 Years, Glenn Continues to Support the International Space Station

Aeronautics Research

• Aeropropulsion: The NACA Cools B-29 Engines During World War II
  • The NACA Spurs US Jet Propulsion Success
  • Tunnel Performed Critical Analysis for the First Supersonic Bomber
  • NASA Center Boosted YF-12 Supersonic Engine Research
• Aircraft:  The NACA’s XF-82 Twin Mustang Returns to Flight After 70 Years
  • Lewis Acquired F-106B for Supersonic Transport Research in the 1960s
  • Flight Research in the NACA Era
• Aviation Safety:  Aircraft Crash Testing
• Remote Sensing: NASA Gathered Data on Aircraft Emissions in the 1970s

Scientific Research

• Magnetic Fluids:  Novel Rocket Fuel Spawned Ferrofluid Industry
• Biomedicine:  Experimental Cancer Treatment Program in the 1970s Utilized NASA’s Cyclotron
  • NASA Partnered with Cleveland Medical Experts to Study Astronaut Health
• Renewable Energy:  NASA Lewis Designed the First Solar Electric Village
  •   Glenn Responds to 1970s Energy Crisis
  • NASA Experimented with Wind Turbines at Plum Brook in the 1970s
  • NASA Demonstrated Photovoltaic Systems in Developing Nations