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Because the number two X-29 at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later the Dryden Flight Research Center)...
Photo of Sue Grafton taken in advance of the Flight Dynamic Research Facility's (FDRF) ribbon cutting. Sue started...
Sue Grafton, NASA engineer poses in advance of the Flight Dynamic Research Facility's (FDRF) grand opening. Sue...
A close-up photo of the spin chute mounted on the rear fuselage of the AFTI F-16, a safety device designed to...
Aerials of NASA Langley Research Center east side with spin tunnel
Aerials of NASA Langley Research Center east side with spin tunnel
Aerials of NASA Langley Research Center east side with spin tunnel
Aerials of NASA Langley Research Center east side with spin tunnel
Aerials of NASA Langley Research Center east side with spin tunnel
XA-39 model mounted for testing in the 7x120ft w.t. at Ames Research Center, California, props spinning.
The tethered Multi Mission Earth Entry Vehicle model while being tested in the Vertical Spin Tunnel at NASA Langely...
This image depicts the formation of multiple whirlpools in a sodium gas cloud. Scientists who cooled the cloud and...
Brad McLain for the Space Biology Museum Network spins a volunteer in a rotating chair to illustrate how dependent...
Harold Goldstein (R) and Dan Leiser (L) discuss bone implant development in the the Shuttle Tile Laboratory N-242. A...
A 1/10th Scale Model of the X-15 research plane is prepared in Langley's 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tunnel for studies...
Technicians check instrumentation and systems on NASA 808, a PA-30 aircraft, prior to a research flight. The...
This photograph shows NASA's 3/8th-scale remotely piloted research vehicle landing on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards...
Ice formed on the blades of a rotating rotor. In time the ice accumulation builds up and is then shed or spun off...
NASA’s Lunar Prospector is prepared for mating to a Lockheed Martin Athena II launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air...
STS058-202-002 (18 Oct.-1 Nov. 1993) --- Astronaut Rhea Seddon, STS-58 payload commander, spins the Spacelab Life...
NASA’s Lunar Prospector is mated to a Lockheed Martin Athena II launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Station’s...
NASA's all-electric X-57 Maxwell continues to undergo high-voltage ground testing with successful spinning of the...
NASA's all-electric X-57 Maxwell continues to undergo high-voltage ground testing with successful spinning of the...
NASA’s Lunar Prospector is prepared for mating to a Lockheed Martin Athena II launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air...