KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bionetics Project Engineer William McLamb...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bionetics Project Engineer William McLamb examines a petri dish containing C. elegans nemotodes (round worms). These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRI... More
High-ranking NACA men looking serious
Description: (November 16, 1940) Dr George W. Lewis, NACA Director of Aeronautical Research (1929-1947) first visit to Ames Lab: L-R; John Parsons, William Mc Avoy, Donald H. Wood, Dr. Lewis, S. J. DeFrance, Au... More
Collier Trophy presentation 1929, NASA history collection
Description: (April 10, 1929) President Herbert Hoover presents the Collier Trophy to Joseph Ames, chairman of the NACA in 1929. Three years later, as part of his plan to increase efficiency in government, Hoov... More
Construction of Hangar One at NAS Sunnyvale circa 1932 - 1934 photos ...
Construction of Hangar One at NAS Sunnyvale circa 1932 - 1934 photos provied from private collection with permission to use by NASA Ames Research Center
Construction at NAS Sunnyvale later remamed NAS Moffett Field circa 1...
Construction at NAS Sunnyvale later remamed NAS Moffett Field circa 1933 - 1934 photos provied from private collection with permission to use by NASA Ames Research Center
Detailed View of Schlieren Setup
Description (October 26, 1945) Detail view of Schlieren setup in the 1 x 3 Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel...Image # : A-1X3SST-19
NACA Employees Looking Sharp For a Staff Photo at Ames
Description (April 29, 1940) Arriving Engineers were John Parsons and Ferril Nickle (January 29, 1940) They were the first permanent members of the laboratory's staff on site. Other early arrivals from Langley ... More
NACA Employees, NASA history collection
Description(March 19, 1940) NACA Ames Personnel: Front Row; John Parsons, Manie Poole, Edward Sharp, Back Row; Carlson Bioletti, Ferril Nickle, Arthur Freeman, R J Clark..Raw Image # : M-285
16 Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image...
Description(February 8, 1942) 16ft High Speed Wind Tunnel downstream view through cooling tower section.
NACA Ames 7x10 Wind Tunnel - Drawing. Public domain image.
Description (April 1, 1942) A scale model is being prepared for study in one of the 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tunnels at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory...Identifier: GPN-2000-001822
NACA photographer General view test chamber in the 7x10ft wind tunnel ...
NACA photographer General view test chamber in the 7x10ft wind tunnel at NASA Ames Research center with test engineers
Aerial View Of The Site From The 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel At Nasa Ames R...
(03/12/1943) Aerial view of the site from the 40x80 wind tunnel At NASA Ames Research Center. Site includes the 16 foot and 7x10 wind tunnels in the background. Building 200 also under construction. Framing f... More
De-icing Research conducted at the NASA Ames Research Center. Icing fl...
De-icing Research conducted at the NASA Ames Research Center. Icing flight test on C-46 airplane (flight 29 11:25am to 12:50 am) glaze ice on loop antenna co-pilots airspeed mast.
NASA Ames Research Center's 1x3 1/2ft wind tunnel (to illustrate 1946 ...
NASA Ames Research Center's 1x3 1/2ft wind tunnel (to illustrate 1946 budget)
NASA Ames Research Center's 1x3 1/2 ft wind tunnel (to illustrate 1946...
NASA Ames Research Center's 1x3 1/2 ft wind tunnel (to illustrate 1946 budget)
Behold, the World's Largest Wind Tunnel!
Description (1947) Looking down the throat of the world's largest tunnel. The scene is NACA's 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel at Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, California, which when it was built was the... More
P-80 Model Mounted on Wing of a NACA P-51B
(June 1, 1948) A technician mounts a model of a P-80 aircraft on the wing of a NACA North American P-51B. In high speed dives of the P-51B, the instrumented model returns aerodynamic data on transonic flight...... More
Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp
(1948) Radio and early television personality Arthur Godfrey, (left) has a discussion with NACA civilian pilot George Cooper, (center) and Smith DeFrance, (right) former director of the Ames Aeronautical Labora... More
NACA Ames 16 foot High Speed Wind Tunnel
(April 1, 1948) View of the 16 Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, California...Image # : A-12679
Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp
(1948) Radio and early television personality Arthur Godfrey, (left) has a discussion with NACA civilian pilot George Cooper, (center) and Smith DeFrance, (right) former director of the Ames Aeronautical Labora... More
When was the last time YOU broke the sound barrier?
Description: (September 27, 1951) NACA Test Pilot George Cooper was incredibly accomplished -- he flew 81 combat missions in Europe during World War II, including a mission over Normandy and the Battle of the B... More
XFV-1 NASA history collection. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
Description (May 16, 1952) Free-flight investigation of 1/4-scale dynamic model of XFV-1 in NACA Ames 40x80ft wind tunnel...Identifier: AILS_A-17167
Lockheed XFV-1 model in the 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames Resear...
Lockheed XFV-1 model. Project engineer Mark Kelly (not shown). Remote controlled model flown in the settling chamber of the 40x80 wind tunnel. Electric motors in the model, controlled the counter-rotating prope... More
Lockheed XFV-1 model in the 40x80 foot wind tunnel at NASA Ames Resear...
Wide shot of 40x 80 wind tunnel settling chamber with Lockheed XFV-1 model. Project engineer Mark Kelly (not shown). Remote controlled model flown in the settling chamber of the 40x80 wind tunnel. Electric mot... More
Center Director Smith DeFrance NASA history collection
Description: (1954) Smith J. DeFrance poses by F-84 aircraft on flight line at Ames Research Center. Note the classic NACA wings logo on the hangar.
F-86 Lowered into Full Scale Tunnel at Ames
Description (1954) This F-86 aircraft is being lowered into the 40 x 80 Foot Full Scale Wind Tunnel at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field California. Behind the aircraft and out of view, a cra... More
Photo of a Photo of P-51. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description (December 9, 1955) Phototheodolite camera record image of P-51 in flight.
Free-Falling Body Nose Dives in Desert
Description (1955) This missile-like free-falling body was dropped from an altitude of seven miles. The purpose of this drop was to investigate the efficiency of air inlets of a type suitable for high speed jet... More
Alfred J. Eggers NASA history collection
Description: (1956) Alfred J. Eggers served as NASA's Assistant Administrator for Policy from January 1968 through March 1971. After that he accepted a position as Assistant Director for Research Applications a... More
H. Julian Allen NASA history collection
Description: (December 21, 1957) H. Julian Allen stands beside the observation window of the 8 x 7 foot test section of the NACA Ames Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel. H. Julian Allen is best known for his "Blunt Body ... More
NACA Genius: Harvey Allen NASA history collection
Description: (July 10, 1957) H. Julian "Harvey" Allen at his home...Harvey Allen, a San Francisco Bay Area local, grew up in on University Avenue in Palo Alto, CA. He attended nearby Stanford University, where ... More
H. Julian Allen with his Blunt Body Theory
Description: (December 31, 1957) H. Julian Allen is best known for his "Blunt Body Theory" of aerodynamics, a design technique for alleviating the severe re-entry heating problem which was then delaying the dev... More
F-100 and George Cooper. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
Description (March 27, 1957) North American F-100 Airplane (NACA 709), with Pilot George Cooper.
Charles Hall displaying tunnel model AR-2 which incorporates conical c...
Charles Hall displaying tunnel model AR-2 which incorporates conical camber as the half-cone twist in the wings (in simulated 2x4' tunnel) Note: printed in 60 year at NASA Ames Research Center by Glenn Bugos ... More
Harvey Allen in his Home.. NASA public domain image colelction.
Harvey Allen, Chief of the High-Speed Research Division at NASA Ames Research Center, in his home.
H. Julian 'Harvey' Allen in front of the NASA Ames 8_x_7 foot Superso...
H. Julian 'Harvey' Allen in front of the NASA Ames 8_x_7 foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel test section. A blunt body model mounted in the test section is ready for testing . The 8_X_7_foot is part of the Unitary ... More
Thrust Reverser NASA history collection
Description: (May 21, 1958) Ames Chief test pilot George Cooper discusses phases of flight evaluation tests. NACA personnel (l to R) Air Force Major E. Sommerich; Ames Engineer Seth Anderson, Lt. Col. Tavasti; ... More
Arrow Wing Model in the 6x6 Foot Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames.
A chambered and twisted wing-body. Arrow wing hypersonic model tested in the 6x6 foot wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center. Don Richey
XV-3 airplane helicopter hovering VTOLin front of the NASA Ames Resea...
XV-3 airplane helicopter hovering VTOLin front of the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA hangar N-211
XV-3 airplane helicopter hovering VTOLin front of the NASA Ames Resea...
XV-3 airplane helicopter hovering VTOLin front of the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA hangar N-211
Vice President Lyndon Johnson (L) discusses tektites with Dr. Dean Cha...
Vice President Lyndon Johnson (L) discusses tektites with Dr. Dean Chapman, Ames (R) during a tour of NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
M2-F1 mounted in NASA Ames Research Center 40x80 foot wind tunnel
(1962) After the first attempted ground-tow tests of the M2-F1 in March 1963, the vehicle was taken to the Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, for wind-tunnel testing. During these tests, Milt Thompson and... More
X-14A NASA 234 hovering over ramp at the NASA Ames Research Center, Mo...
X-14A NASA 234 hovering over ramp at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Apollo Launch Escape System in Wind Tunnel
(1963) A technician mounts a model of the Apollo Launch Escape System (LES) in the Unitary Wind Tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. The LES was a tower like structure consisting ... More
Data Processing at Ames Research Center.
IBM 1401 Data Processing System at NASA Ames Research Center. Don Richey
Data Processing System at Ames Research Center.
Equipment: Data Processing and Data Reduction at the NASA Ames Research Center, EMC. IBM 7090 Data Processing System. Don Richey
M-1 Model in Hypersonic Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.
(1964) An engineer mounts a model of the M-1 Lifting Body in the throat of the 3.5 Foot Hypersonic Tunnel at the Nasa Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California...Image # : A-29007
M-1 Model in Hypersonic Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.
(1964) An engineer mounts a model of the M-1 Lifting Body in the throat of the 3.5 Foot Hypersonic Tunnel at the Nasa Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California...Image # : A-29007
M-1 Model in Hypersonic Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.
(1964) An engineer mounts a model of the M-1 Lifting Body in the throat of the 3.5 Foot Hypersonic Tunnel at the Nasa Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California. (Image # A-29007)
XC-142 Tilt Wing; 0.6 Scale Model in the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at NAS...
3/4 front right side only with Tim Wills on right and Charles Greco, mechanic. Large flaps on Variable height struts. XC-142 was a tri-service tiltwing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operati... More
XV-5A airplane installed in 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames ...
XV-5A airplane installed in 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center with Tom Mills. The propulsive lift system was tested to determine power-on performance characteristics in preparation for f... More
XV-5A airplane installed in 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames ...
XV-5A airplane installed in 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center with Tom Mills. The propulsive lift system was tested to determine power-on performance characteristics in preparation for f... More
XV-5A airplane installed in 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames ...
XV-5A airplane installed in 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center with Tom Mills. The propulsive lift system was tested to determine power-on performance characteristics in preparation for f... More
Artist: John Bahrer Oil Portrait: Dr.Smith J. DeFranch, founding Dire...
Artist: John Bahrer Oil Portrait: Dr.Smith J. DeFranch, founding Director of Ames Research Center 1940 to 1965 Note: printed in 60 year at NASA Ames Research Center by Glenn Bugos NASA SP-2000-4314
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Rotary Entry Vehicle configuration REV-...
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Rotary Entry Vehicle configuration REV-1 model schlieren. Testing being done at the NASA Ames Research Center, California
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Rotary Entry Vehicle configuration REV-...
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Rotary Entry Vehicle configuration REV-1 model schlieren Testing being done at the NASA Ames Research Center, California
MR. A. NATWICK, MR. T. GONZALES, MR. F. GIALLANZA, AT WORK IN THE 7094...
MR. A. NATWICK, MR. T. GONZALES, MR. F. GIALLANZA, AT WORK IN THE 7094 COMPUTER ROOM OF THE PIONEER TAPE PROCESSING STATION AT NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER. Pioneer Off-Line Data Processing System.
Bernal Construction. NASA public domain image colelction.
Construction crew at work on the colony. Art work: Don Davis. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center.. NASA ID AC76-1288
Bernal Agriculture. NASA public domain image colelction.
Agricultural modules in cutaway view (multiple toroids). Art work: Rick .Guidice. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center..NASA ID AC78-0330-4
Torus Interior. NASA public domain image colelction.
Interior view. Art work: Don Davis. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center..NASA ID AC75-2621
Pioneer 10 Trajectory. NASA public domain image colelction.
This image, drawn in 1970, is an artist's rendering of the Pioneer 10 spacecraft trajectory, with the planets labeled and a list of the instruments that were intended to be flown. Before the use of computer ani... More
Cylinder Interior. NASA public domain image colelction.
Interior view looking out through large windows. Art work: Rick Guidice. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center...NASA ID AC75-1086
Bernal Model. NASA public domain image colelction.
Model of a Bernal Sphere. Population: 10,000. The Bernal Sphere is a point design with a spherical living area. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center..NASA ID AC76-0852
Torus Model. NASA public domain image colelction.
Model of torus colony. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center..NASA ID AC76-0492.1
Exterior View of Toroidal Colony
Exterior view. Art work: Don Davis. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center..NASA ID AC76-0525
Bernal Exterior. NASA public domain image colelction.
Exterior view. Art work: Rick Guidice. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center.. NASA ID AC76-0965
Cylinder Exterior. NASA public domain image colelction.
Exterior view of a double cylinder colony. Art work: Rick Guidice. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center..NASA ID AC75-1085
Bernal Cutaway. NASA public domain image colelction.
Cutaway view of Bernal Sphere. Art work: Rick Guidice. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center.. NASA ID AC76-1089
Toroidal Colony. NASA public domain image colelction.
Cutaway view, exposing the interior. Art work: Rick Guidice. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center..NASA ID AC75-1086-1
Cylinder Endcap. NASA public domain image colelction.
Endcap view with suspension bridge. Art work: Don Davis. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center..NASA ID AC75-1883
EXPERIMENTS - APOLLO 17, JPL/NASA images
S72-53472 (November 1972) --- An artist's concept illustrating how radar beams of the Apollo 17 lunar sounder experiment will probe three-quarters of a mile below the moon's surface from the orbiting spacecraft... More
Optical Recorder of the Lunar Sounder Experiment
S72-49482 (November 1972) --- The Optical Recorder of the Lunar Sounder Experiment (S-209) which will be mounted in the SIM bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module. The three functional parts of the Lunar Sounder a... More
NASA Ames Research Center Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel Complex N-227 - jus...
NASA Ames Research Center Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel Complex N-227 - just pior to acoustic cover being added (image shows 6ft w.t. in forground)
Photograph take Pioneer 10 spacecraft managed by the NASA Ames Researc...
Photograph take Pioneer 10 spacecraft managed by the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Jupiter's Red Spot and a showdow of the Moon, Io are seen in this image taken at a range of 2527063km. ... More
X-14B NASA-704: A Bell single-place, open cockpit, twin-engine, jet-li...
X-14B NASA-704: A Bell single-place, open cockpit, twin-engine, jet-lift VTOL aircraft in flight over Sunnyvale golf course. The X-14 was used by NASA Ames Research Center to advance state-of-the-art jet-powere... More
X-14B NASA-704: A Bell single-place, open cockpit, twin-engine, jet-li...
X-14B NASA-704: A Bell single-place, open cockpit, twin-engine, jet-lift VTOL aircraft over Highway 101 in approach to Moffett Field, California. The X-14 was used by NASA Ames Research Center to advance state-... More
X-14B NASA-704: A Bell single-place, open cockpit, twin-engine, jet-li...
X-14B NASA-704: A Bell single-place, open cockpit, twin-engine, jet-lift VTOL aircraft over Highway 101 in approach to Moffett Field, California. The X-14 was used by NASA Ames Research Center to advance state-... More
Space Shuttle Orbitor Model (A-100) testing in the NASA Ames Research ...
Space Shuttle Orbitor Model (A-100) testing in the NASA Ames Research Center 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel
F-18 HICL II model in NASA Ames Research Center 12ft Pressure Wind Tun...
F-18 HICL II model in NASA Ames Research Center 12ft Pressure Wind Tunnel 12ft w.t.
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA aerials: Two 7x10 Foot Wi...
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA aerials: Two 7x10 Foot Wind Tunnels N-215 and N-216 (with composite title)
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA aerials: Two 7x10 Foot Wi...
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA aerials: Two 7x10 Foot Wind Tunnels N-215 and N-216 (with composite title)
NASA Ames Research Center 14-foot Transonic Wind Tunnel ARC-1977-AC77-...
NASA Ames Research Center 14-foot Transonic Wind Tunnel
Northrop N9M-2 Airplane., NASA history collection
Northrop N9M-2 airplane; 3/4 front view from above. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
XV-15 tilt rotor aircraft on VTOL stand
(October 1980) The XV-15 tilt rotor aircraft undergoing tests on the VTOL stand. This allowed the engine and rotor system to undergo realistic testing before being committed to actual free flight. The XV-15s, m... More
XV-15 tilt rotor takeoff - first NASA Dryden flight
Description: This photo shows the 1st XV-15 tilt rotor flight for NASA/Dryden at the Army contingent at Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards, California, October 1980. The former XB-70 hangar can be seen to the lowe... More
Galileo Probe test-358 in NASA Ames Research Center12ft Pressure Wind ...
Galileo Probe test-358 in NASA Ames Research Center12ft Pressure Wind Tunnel
RSRA (NASA-741) in flight with NASA Ames Research Center in the backgr...
RSRA (NASA-741) in flight with NASA Ames Research Center in the background.
Sikorsky Rotor Systems Research Aircraft ' RSRA' (72-001 NASA-740) com...
Sikorsky Rotor Systems Research Aircraft ' RSRA' (72-001 NASA-740) compound configuration in flight: NASA Ames Research Center, Hangar and 40x 80x120ft W.T. in the background. Note: Used in publication in Fli... More
NASA Ames Research Center and Moffett Field Aerial view. - taken from ...
NASA Ames Research Center and Moffett Field Aerial view. - taken from runway looking North west
NASA Ames Research Center and Moffett Field Aerial view. ARC-1982-AC82...
NASA Ames Research Center and Moffett Field Aerial view. Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
An aerial view of the NASA Ames Research Center, looking southeast, sh...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Moffett Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Scarborough Release S... More
YAV-8B Aircraft arrival at NASA Ames Research Center (on loan to Ames ...
YAV-8B Aircraft arrival at NASA Ames Research Center (on loan to Ames from US Marines - a/c in Marine colors)
YAV-8B Aircraft arrival at NASA Ames Research Center (on loan to Ames ...
YAV-8B Aircraft arrival at NASA Ames Research Center (on loan to Ames from US Marines - in Marine colors)
Cray 2 Supercomputer - NASA Ames Research Center
(November 31, 1986) Cray 2 Supercomputer for the Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator at the NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View California. ..Image # : AC87-0093-3
Aerial View of NASA Ames Research Center
Aerial view of the NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California. The large flaired rectangular structure in the center of the photo is the 80 x 120 Foot Full Scale Wind Tunnel. Adjacent to it is the 40 ... More
VSTOL in the 9 x 7 Foot Wind Tunnel
(1987) Engineer Don Durston mounts a McDonnell Douglas Vertical Short Take-Off and Landing (VSTOL) fighter model in the 9 x 7 Foot Wind Tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California. ..Imag... More
AV-8B (NASA-719) and AV-8C (NASA-704) air to air formation flight ove...
AV-8B (NASA-719) and AV-8C (NASA-704) air to air formation flight over NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field.
AV-8B (NASA-719) and AV-8C (NASA-704) air to air formation flight ove...
AV-8B (NASA-719) and AV-8C (NASA-704) air to air formation flight over NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field.
AV-8B (NASA-719) and AV-8C (NASA-704) air to air formation flight with...
AV-8B (NASA-719) and AV-8C (NASA-704) air to air formation flight with T-38, U-2 (NASA-708) with pilots G. Hardy and J. Martin over NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field.
Cobra Helicopter at Sunrise - NASA Ames Research Center
(December 1, 1989) A TH-1S (NASA-736) Cobra helicopter at sunrise on the ramp at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. ..Image # : AC89-0782-1