Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley.  Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Colonel Roosa was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight.
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Langley Center Director Donald P. Hearth (right) presenting Mary Jackson with Outstanding Volunteer Service Award.  Mary Jackson was NASA's first African-American female engineer,and subsequent career supporting the hiring and promotion of other deserving female and minority employees.
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Gemini capsule being tested in Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel.
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NASA Langley Research Science Directorate (RSD) Aircraft outside the hangar in Hampton Va in black white.
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Photos of LaRC team weighting and performing Center of Gravity (CG) measurements of the Structural Test Article (STA) at NASA Langley Research Center.
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Archival pictures of the Integrated Structural Assembly of Advanced Composites (ISAAC) In Clean Room in Building 1232A.  Integrated Structural Assembly of Advanced Composites (ISAAC) is a state of the art composite manufacturing robot. ISAAC was purchased from Electroimpact and installed in 2015. NASA Langley was the first NASA Center to receive this technology and the third manufacturing facility in the world to receive an ISAAC. The robot has 8 degrees of freedom and an accuracy rate of +/- .05". ISAAC also has several detachable end effectors, making it a versatile machine. Similar robots have become very popular in the automotive and commercial flight industries. At NASA Langley Research Center, ISAAC supports research on the design and manufacturing of composite parts.
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Photograph of the Space Launch System (SLS), inside the National Transonic Facility (NTF) test section. Located at NASA Langley Research Center.
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Images of Structural Test Article (STA) vertical water impact testing (WIT) testing at Impact Dynamics Facility NASA Langley Research Center.
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Portrait of Mary Jackson. At the time this photo was taken on October 9, 1971, Mrs. Jackson was working as a Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Counselor Mary Jackson, was  NASA’s first black female engineer,R-LRC-1971-OCIO_P_F003-08767
Portrait of Mary Jackson, NASA's First Female African-American Engineer
Portrait of Mary Jackson. At the time this photo was taken on October 9, 1971, Mrs. Jackson was working as a Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Counselor Mary Jackson, was  NASA’s first black female engineer, R-LRC-1971-OCIO_P-08767,
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Portrait of Mary Jackson. At the time this photo was taken on October 9, 1971, Mrs. Jackson was working as a Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Counselor Mary Jackson, was  NASA’s first black female engineer,R-LRC-1971-OCIO_P-08767
Portrait of Mary Jackson, NASA's First Female African-American Engineer
Moon Lunar Orbiter-Lunar Orbiter III: The hidden or dark side of the Moon was taken by Lunar Orbiter III During its mission to photograph potential lunar-landing sites for Apollo missions. -- Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 94), by James Schultz. Photo Number:67-H-328 is 1967-L-04026
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Apollo Astronaut Fred Haise visiting NASA Langley historic gantry where Fred once trained to fly the lunar lander.
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Donald Hewes at Lunar Landing Research Facility (LLRF).  Donald Hewes, head of the Spacecraft Research Branch, managed the facility.  Piles of cinders simulated the lunar craters and terrain features.   Published in the book " A Century at Langley" by Joseph Chambers. pg. 97
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Astronaut Fred Haise visiting the gantry at Langley Research Center; a place where he once trained for the Apollo Mission.
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Small light colored area within the crater is Surveyor 1 on lunar surface photographed by  Lunar Orbiter III.  Published in the book "A Century at Langley" by Joseph Chambers. pg. 93 Moon Lunar Orbiter-Lunar Orbiter III: The hidden or dark side of the Moon was taken by Lunar Orbiter III During its mission to photograph potential lunar-landing sites for Apollo missions. -- Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 94), by James Schultz. Photo Number:67-H-328 is 1967-L-04026
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Lunar Orbiter 1 photographed Earth from the moon, this image was called "the image of the century"  published in " A Century at Langley" by Joseph Chambers Pg.93. Also in the book " A Bunch of Plambers" by John Newcomb pg. 92.
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Apollo/Saturn 1B aerodynamic integrity.Jacket description is Ground Wind Loads Effect on SA5 in TDT. Person in 63-1637 is Engineer Thomas A. Byrdsong checks the Apollo/Saturn 1B ground-wind-loads model  in the NASA Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel.
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Photo from Space Shuttle Mission 41-C of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) deploy by CHALLENGER and a Langley Research Center (LRC) supplied art concept of the LDEF recovery by COLUMBIA during Space Shuttle Mission STS-32. LRC # L-89-11-720 for JSC # S89-50779
Photo from Space Shuttle Mission 41-C of the Long Duration Exposure
A Lockheed Martin technician prepares holes for installation of the fuselage panel on the X-59. The fuselage is the section of the aircraft that contains the cockpit. The aircraft, under construction at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump.
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Lockheed Martin technicians work to align and check the fastener holes on the X-59’s fuselage skin. The aircraft, under construction at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump.
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The upper empennage, or tail section of the plane, and engine bay is surrounded by a blue gantry that is used to assist with ground installation and removal of the X-59’s lower empennage and engine. Once fully assembled, the X-59 aircraft will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump and help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land. This aircraft is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission.
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This is an up-close view of the X-59’s engine inlet  –  fresh after being painted. The 13-foot F414-GE-100 engine will be placed inside the inlet bringing the X-59 aircraft one step closer to completion. Once fully assembled, the X-59 aircraft will begin flight operations, working toward demonstration of the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump, helping to enable commercial supersonic air travel over land.
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A Lockheed Martin technician works to complete wiring on the X-59 aircraft in preparation for the power-on system checkouts.  Once complete, the X-59 aircraft will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump and help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land. This aircraft is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission.
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This image shows the X-59 aircraft’s lower empennage structure, or tail section of the plane, that was installed. The stabilators, the outer surfaces also seen in the photo, attach to the lower empennage and are used to help regulate the aircraft pitch which controls the up and down movement of the motion of the plane. The 13-foot engine will pack 22,000 pounds of propulsion and energy and power the X-plane to its planned cruising speed of Mach 1.4. Once complete, the X-59 aircraft will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump and help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land. This aircraft is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission.
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This image shows the extensive ventilation system that has been placed adjacent to the X-59 during the recent painting of the aircraft’s engine inlet. Once the aircraft build and ground testing are complete, the X-59 airplane will begin flight testing, working towards demonstrating the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump and help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land.
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A Lockheed Martin Skunk Works technician inspects some of the wiring and sensors on the X-59 aircraft in preparation for the first power-on system checkouts.  Once complete, the X-59 aircraft will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump and help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land. This aircraft is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission.
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Photo of Sue Grafton taken in advance of the Flight Dynamic Research Facility's (FDRF) ribbon cutting. Sue started as a researcher for the N.A.C.A. and worked in the vertical spin tunnel (VST). She has since worked in the 30x60 full-scale tunnel for many years before its closure and then returned to VST and 12ft (NASA’s oldest operational wind tunnels). She will also be onboard for the commissioning of the FDRF, NASA’s newest wind tunnel.
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CRM-HL model (2.7% full span) installed in the National Transonic Facility (NTF)
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Research, Science, and Engineering Services (RSES) intern tour of the 8ft high temperature hypersonic wind tunnel (8ft HTT/B1265)
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Scattering of Acoustically Lined Simplified Airframes (SALSA) Test with High Resolution Traversing Microphone Array (HiRTMA)  in Structural Acoustics Loads and Transmission Facility (SALT) in Building 1208.
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This is the 3rd entry of the TTBW model in 14x22. This test specifically is a lateral-directional test looking at the effects of 3D printed ventral, keel, and dorsal strakes on the stability and control characteristics of the model. Cooperative agreement between Boeing and NASA.
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16 Foot Wind Tunnel personnel at work
16 Foot Wind Tunnel Personnel
Portrait of Dr. William H. Michael, Jr.
Portrait of Dr. William H. Michael, Jr.
Smoke Flow Investigation XF7C-1 (Cowling Exhaust J.1 Type)
Smoke Flow Investigation XF7C-1 (Cowling Exhaust J.1 Type)
Christine Darden in computer room
Christine Darden in computer room
John Glenn talking with NASA Langley's  Center Directory J.E.Reid with capsule model during inspection.
1959 Inspection
Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, and tour
Ribbon Cutting
Portrait of Floyd L. Thompson NASA Langley Center Director
Portrait of Floyd L. Thompson NASA Langley Center Director
Instrumentation in Full Scale Tunnel
Instrumentation in Full Scale Tunnel
Portrait of Author W. Vogeley
Portrait of Author W. Vogeley
Women Workers at NACA
Women Workers at NACA
Minority Professionals at NASA Langley Research Center. Samuel J. Scott working in the Office of Director for Structures, Staff Assistant is at the board.
Minority Professionals at NASA Langley Research Center
Portrait of Floyd L. Thompson NASA Langley Center Director
Portrait of Floyd L. Thompson NASA Langley Center Director
This is a closeup view of the inner workings of the X-59 aircraft. Visible are one the plane’s three lithium-ion batteries (blue box), electrical power system and other wiring components including the vehicle management systems computers (two black boxes) and the white wirings which assist in providing the power that is needed for the aircraft to function in flight.  All of these components are essential to maintaining and monitoring the X-59 once it takes to the skies.  The X-59 is the centerpiece of the Quesst mission which plans to help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land.
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Full-Scale Test Campaign of Gravity Offloading and Analysis of Long Imperfection-Sensitive Elements (GOALIE) TRAC boom in B1293B Thor Tower, Test of Load Case C, Off-axis Compression
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Full-Scale Test Campaign of Gravity Offloading and Analysis of Long Imperfection-Sensitive Elements (GOALIE) TRAC boom in B1293B Thor Tower, Test of Load Case C, Off-axis Compression
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Research Model in the 7x10 High Speed Tunnel  Building 1212B 300 mph tunnel
Research Model in the 7x10 High Speed Tunnel
 Drawing of the 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel.
8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel
Wood Mock-up of Arrow Wing Bomber to Show Wing Contours
Wood Mock-up of Arrow Wing Bomber to Show Wing Contours
Phase SB Propeller installed on F88B
Phase SB Propeller installed on F88B
 Grumman F9F-2 Panther: Originally built as a F9F-3, this Grumman F9F-2 Panther has a Pratt and Whitney J42 turbojet power plant, hence the designation change. This Panther underwent handling quality tests, serving long enough at Langley to witness the change from the NACA to NASA.
Grumman F9F-2 Panther
Scale model of Mercury capsule shape A, indicating the position of the astronaut.
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Federal Women's Program Mary Jackson setting.  Center directors  Donald Heath, and Richard Peterson. In 1958 Mary Jackson became NASA’s first black female engineer.
Federal Women's Program
Canard model
Canard model
Multiple exposure of Rendezvous Docking Simulator. Francis B. Smith, described the simulator as follows:  The rendezvous and docking operation of the Gemini spacecraft with the Agena and of the Apollo Command Module with the Lunar Excursion Module have been the subject of simulator studies for several years.  This figure  illustrates the Gemini-Agena rendezvous docking simulator at Langley. The Gemini spacecraft was supported in a gimbal system by an overhead crane and gantry arrangement which provided 6 degrees of freedom - roll, pitch, yaw, and translation in any direction - all controllable by the astronaut in the spacecraft. Here again the controls fed into a computer which in turn provided an input to the servos driving the spacecraft so that it responded to control motions in a manner which accurately simulated the Gemini spacecraft.  -- Published in Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood, On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini, NASA SP-4203  Francis B. Smith,  Simulators for Manned Space Research,  Paper presented at the 1966 IEEE International convention, March 21-25, 1966.
Multiple Exposure of Rendezvous Docking Simulator - Gemini Program
Portrait of Mary Jackson. 2017 Hall of Honor inductee.  Langley Research Center NACA and NASA Hall of Honor.  In honor and recognition of the ambition and motivation that enabled her career progression from  human computer  to NASA' s first African-American female engineer, and subsequent career supporting the hiring and promotion of other deserving female and minority employees.
Portrait of Mary Jackson
Local for Hypersonic Continuous Flow Facility
Local for Hypersonic Continuous Flow Facility
The Little Joe launch vehicle being readied for a test launch from Wallops in January 1960... Page 77. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, by James Schultz. **note - see L59-5137 page 77 also. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen. Page 389.  ...was conceived by Langley engineers Max Faget and Paul Purser even before STG (Space Task Group) was organized.
Little Joe on Launch Pad
Women Adequately Filling Posts in NACA Laboratory: Nearly 200 women are employed at the Langley Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in a limited capacity as mechanics’ helpers and minor laboratory aids on the jobs formerly handled by men, according to E.H. Derring, of the Aerodynamics Division. Many phases of the operations of various wind tunnels at the laboratory are now handled by women with experienced male supervision. Mr. Derring said, pointing out that the reading of the data indicated on wind tunnel instruments during a test is done in a large measure by women.  In addition to reading the instruments and computing and integrating engineering test data obtained from tunnel investigations, the minor laboratory aides assist in the preparation of aircraft models preliminary to testing. Women employees who will serve in the Aerodynamics Division of the Laboratory attend an orientation class for two weeks, during which they receive instruction on phases of the work they will do and their aptitudes for different types of work are evaluated in order that they may be properly placed.  More than 100 women are employed in minor laboratory apprentices, performing mechanical work heretofore done by men. These women are employed in the various shops of the laboratory.  Women in the woodworking shops are taught to operate 15 different machines in carrying out their assignments. Norfolk new paper article from 1943 by Lee Dickinson.
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Mach number 6.9 Inlet. These negatives in jackets also: L-1958-2984.1 Figure 3b cone in NASA document L-1643 L-1958-2980.1 Figures 3a in document L-1643 declassified from Confidential
Mach number 6.9 Inlet
WS-110A "Brown Bomber"
WS-110A "Brown Bomber"
Mrs. Katherine G. Johnson at Work
Mrs. Katherine G. Johnson at Work NASA Langley
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Various Components of Goodyear Inflatable Airplane in Full Scale Tunnel building 643 Test 238
Various Components of Goodyear Inflatable Airplane in Full Scale Tunnel
WS-110A Brown Bomber in Unitary Wind Tunnel Low Mach Number Test
WS-110A Brown Bomber in Unitary Wind Tunnel Low Mach Number Test
Federal Woman's Week, 1980 Various speakers, lecture groups, Mary Jackson in second from the left in this photo.
Federal Woman's Week, 1980
Photograph taken November 8, 1984.  Student Symposium Meeting  Mary Jackson in background.  Both Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson are women featured in the book Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly.  Man facing camera with glasses is center director Dr. Donald Hearth.
Student Symposium Meeting
Lunar Landing Walking Simulator: Researchers at Langley study the ability of astronauts to walk, run and perform other tasks required during lunar exploration. The Reduced Gravity Simulator gave researchers the opportunity to look at the effects of one-sixth normal gravity on self-locomotion. Several Apollo astronauts practiced lunar waling at the facility.
Lunar Landing Walking Simulator
Lunar landing test of LEM at Lunar Landing Research Facility (LLRF).
LEM at Lunar Landing Research Facility (LLRF).
Mrs. Katherine G. Johnson at Work
Mrs. Katherine G. Johnson at Work NASA Langley
Brown Arrow Wing Bomber
Brown Arrow Wing Bomber
Schlieren photographs of the model in 4 x 4 Foot supersonic pressure tunnel
Schlieren photographs of the model in 4 x 4 Foot supersonic pressure tunnel
RVD Model #176
RVD Model #176
WS-110A Brown Bomber in Unitary Wind Tunnel Low Mach Number Test
WS-110A Brown Bomber in Unitary Wind Tunnel Low Mach Number Test
Vertical model flying in Langley Research Center's Full Scale Tunnel.
Vertical model flying in LaRC Full Scale Tunnel
100' Satellite Packaging of Echo
100' Satellite Packaging of Echo
FDCD Stability and Control Branch Photo.   Names, rows front to back, people left to right: Ground level: 1. Margery Hanna 2. Debra L. Livingston 3. Carolyn Grantham 4. Nell Moore 5. Katherine G. Johnson 6. Hewitt Phillips Step 1: 1. John Shaughnessy 2. John Young 3. Bill Martz 4. Charles T. Woolley  Step 2: 1. Al Hamer 2. Marion Wise (?) 3. Suresh Joshi Step 3: 1. Willard W. Anderson 2. Albert A. Schy 3. Daniel P. Giesy Step 4: 1. Hugh Bergeron 2. Claude Keckler 3. Nelson Groom  4. Ralph Will Names Given by Danial Pl. Giesy.
Stability and Conrol Branch
E118-2587 Model
E118-2587 Model
Women Adequately Filling Posts in NACA Laboratory: Nearly 200 women are employed at the Langley Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in a limited capacity as mechanics’ helpers and minor laboratory aids on the jobs formerly handled by men, according to E.H. Derring, of the Aerodynamics Division. Many phases of the operations of various wind tunnels at the laboratory are now handled by women with experienced male supervision. Mr. Derring said, pointing out that the reading of the data indicated on wind tunnel instruments during a test is done in a large measure by women.  In addition to reading the instruments and computing and integrating engineering test data obtained from tunnel investigations, the minor laboratory aides assist in the preparation of aircraft models preliminary to testing. Women employees who will serve in the Aerodynamics Division of the Laboratory attend an orientation class for two weeks, during which they receive instruction on phases of the work they will do and their aptitudes for different types of work are evaluated in order that they may be properly placed.  More than 100 women are employed in minor laboratory apprentices, performing mechanical work heretofore done by men. These women are employed in the various shops of the laboratory.  Women in the woodworking shops are taught to operate 15 different machines in carrying out their assignments. Norfolk new paper article from 1943 by Lee Dickinson.
Women Adequately Filling Posts In NACA Laboratory
Originally the Rendezvous was used by the astronauts preparing for Gemini missions. The Rendezvous Docking Simulator was then modified and used to develop docking techniques for the Apollo program. "The LEM pilot's compartment, with overhead window and the docking ring (idealized since the pilot cannot see it during the maneuvers), is shown docked with the full-scale Apollo Command Module." A.W. Vogeley described the simulator as follows: "The Rendezvous Docking Simulator and also the Lunar Landing Research Facility are both rather large moving-base simulators. It should be noted, however, that neither was built primarily because of its motion characteristics. The main reason they were built was to provide a realistic visual scene. A secondary reason was that they would provide correct angular motion cues (important in control of vehicle short-period motions) even though the linear acceleration cues would be incorrect." -- Published in A.W. Vogeley, "Piloted Space-Flight Simulation at Langley Research Center," Paper presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1966 Winter Meeting, New York, NY, November 27 - December 1, 1966;
Rendezvous Docking Simulator
Model being tested with helicopter.
Helicopter
1/4th Scale Model of Apollo - Impact Structures Facility Launched from an overhead pendulum device, this Apollo spacecraft was tested in the Impact Structures Facility to determine water-landing characteristics. -- Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 91), by James Schultz.
Apollo Water Landing Test
Lunar Take Off Simulator: This simulator is used by scientists at the Langley Research Center ... to help determine human ability to control a lunar launch vehicle in vertical alignment during takeoff from the moon for rendezvous with a lunar satellite vehicle on the return trip to earth. The three-axis chair, a concept which allows the pilot to sit upright during launch, gives the navigator angular motion (pitch, role, and yaw) cues as he operates the vehicle through a sidearm control system. The sight apparatus in front of the pilot's face enables him to align the vehicle on a course toward a chosen star, which will be followed as a guidance reference during the lunar launch. The pilot's right hand controls angular motions, while his left hand manipulates the thrust lever. The simulator is designed for operation inside an artificial planetarium, where a star field will be projected against the ceiling during "flights". The tests are part of an extensive NASA program at Langley in the study of problems relating to a manned lunar mission. (From a NASA Langley, photo release caption.)
Lunar Take Off Simulator
Moon Lunar Orbiter-Lunar Orbiter II:  Display Transparencies Lunar Orbiter II from Washington Press Conference. Lunar Orbiter II's telephoto lens took this picture of the floor of the crater Copernicus. -- Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 94), by James Schultz.
Moon Lunar Orbiter-Lunar Orbiter II