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Wish Upon a Star
Wish Upon a Star

What's that bright point of light in the outer A ring? It's a star, bright enough to be visible through…

NASA Contribution: Area Rule
NASA Contribution: Area Rule

In the 1950s, NASA scientist Richard Whitcomb discovered several fundamental solutions to key aerodynamics challenges. One of the most revolutionary…

NASA Contribution: Digital Fly-by-Wire
NASA Contribution: Digital Fly-by-Wire

During the 1960s and 1970s, NASA helped develop and flight test the digital “fly-by-wire” system, which replaced heavier and less…

NASA Contribution: Wind Tunnels
NASA Contribution: Wind Tunnels

Aircraft, spacecraft, racing cars, 18-wheelers – wind tunnels are still a critical tool for testing and proving aerodynamic performance. NASA…

NASA Contribution: Glass Cockpits
NASA Contribution: Glass Cockpits

Ever see an old airplane cockpit and how it was chock-full of dials and gauges and things that spun around?…

NASA Contribution: Wind Tunnels
NASA Contribution: Wind Tunnels

As early as the 1930s, wind tunnels built and operated by NASA’s predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for on Aeronautics,…

CATS, Lasers and Space
CATS, Lasers and Space

Launching Jan. 6, 2015, on SpaceX, the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System, or CATS, is a lidar remote-sensing instrument that will extend…

C-47
C-47

The C-47/R4D Skytrain was one of the work horses for NACA and NASA at Edwards AFB spanning a time from…

Solar Dynamics Observatory Welcomes the New Year
Solar Dynamics Observatory Welcomes the New Year

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed the sun starting 2015 with an enormous coronal hole near the South Pole.

Where Are They Now: X-1
Where Are They Now: X-1

The first generation X-1 aircraft changed aviation history in numerous ways, and not simply because they were the first aircraft…