The National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, or NACA, which celebrates its 95th anniversary on March 3, provided the nation's earliest…
The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova noted by Earth-bound chroniclers in 1054 A.D., is filled with mysterious filaments…
The original Mercury astronauts are pictured around a table admiring an Atlas model. Standing, left to right, are Alan B.…
In keeping with the semi-quarantine for the Apollo 11 mission, NASA photographer Bill Taub having blood test prior to photographing…
This is an artist's computer-enhanced concept of a semi-tailless X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Aircraft in flight.
One of two X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator aircraft, flown by an international test organization at NASA's Dryden Flight Research…
A technician prepares to unlatch the door built into the guide vanes of the 16-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel at NASA…
In this photo taken on March 15, 1929, a quartet of NACA staff conduct tests on airfoils in the Variable…
Kitty Joyner, an electrical engineer for the NACA, at work in 1952.
Twin jet exhausts are inclined toward the ground to simulate takeoff conditions for certain engine installations and to identify options…
