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.
Great flight-research institution celebrates its fiftieth anniversary
Astronautics
Astronautics ; 5 , n 12 ; p 50-53
1967
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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