History of NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va; early aeronautical research, construction of Variable Density Wind Tunnel and research airplane program that produced first craft capable of supersonic flight; concept of employing wing sweep to improve wing characteristics above critical speed leading to research and development objectives in all phases of space exploration.


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    Title :

    Great flight-research institution celebrates its fiftieth anniversary


    Additional title:

    Astronautics


    Contributors:
    Soule, H. (author)

    Published in:

    Astronautics ; 5 , n 12


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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