Kitty O'Brien Joyner, NACA Langley's first female engineer.
Mel Gough began his career at NACA Langley working in wind tunnels and ended it as head of the Atlantic…
Smith DeFrance was the engineer behind the design and operation of the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel, the world's largest wind tunnel…
Pearl I. Young, first female professional at NACA Langley.
Max Munk developed the groundbreaking Variable Density Tunnel and revolutionized how to assess wing shapes, which led to better airplane…
Henry Reid, the longest-serving head of NACA and NASA Langley, led the lab from 1926 until 1960.
Tom Carroll was the first civilian test pilot at Langley – hired in 1922.
Frederick Norton, NASA Langley's first technical employee.
NACA Langley staff photograph, May 1930
This image of a crescent Jupiter and the iconic Great Red Spot was created by a citizen scientist (Roman Tkachenko)…
