Author: Roger D. Launius
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"NACA to NASA to Now tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), 1915-1958, and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). These two federal organizations facilitated the advance of technology for flight in the air and space throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first century. Through aeronautics research, and later space technology, the United States became the world's leader in these areas. This book explores how and why aerospace technology took the course it did; it discusses various individuals and organizations that were involved in driving it; and it explores what were the political, economic, managerial, international, and cultural contexts in which the events of flight have unfolded. The U.S. government explicitly challenged the NACA in 1915 to accelerate aeronautical research and to further the capability of the United States to push back the frontiers of flight. After more than forty years of path breaking research into the problems of flight, the NACA was transformed in 1958 into NASA and given the added task of pursuing spaceflight with both humans and robots. By discussing some of the major themes, events, and accomplishments relating to NACA/NASA, this book provides historical perspective about the development of both atmospheric and space flight. At sum, this work illuminates the history and explores the evolution of this agency"--
Author: Alice R. Buchalter
Publisher: Independently Published
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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This annotated bibliography is a compilation of monographs, journal and newspaper articles, and congressional hearings that chronicle milestones in the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).The material in this bibliography is arranged according to theme, as follows: airplane industry cooperation, awards, establishment of laboratories and new facilities, historical overview, inter-agency cooperation, international cooperation, the NACA's board composition, the NACA's early years, the NACA's relations to NASA, and the NACA's technology and research. The entries contained in each of these sections are arranged chronologically. A glossary of NACA abbreviations is also included
Author: Roger D. Launius
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588347044
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A compelling history of America's air and space agencies NASA, and its predecessor NACA, have captured the American imagination for more than a hundred years. From NACA to NASA to Now: Expanding the Frontiers of Air and Space commemorates the organizations' incredible accomplishments that have shaped the aerospace landscape and the world. Former NASA chief historian Roger D. Launius explores aerospace history through the lenses of international efforts; the relationships between NACA/NASA and the military, universities, and US corporations; and research and development. He examines how the organizations' technology and techniques have had enduring influence that guide space exploration to this day, highlighting all the triumphs, disappointments, and wonders along the way.
Author: Joseph R. Chambers
Publisher: National Aeronautis & Space Administration
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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This publication's first objective is to convey detailed information regarding the designers and design process for the emblems of NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The second objective is to briefly illustrate the applications of these respected and admired insignias and seals within the cultures of each agency. For this task, photographs and descriptions are used to exemplify applications to buildings, equipment, aircraft and spacecraft, correspondence and documents, and personal memorabilia such as pins, awards, and retirement plaques. The material presented herein is organized chronologically and covers the subject from the first days of the NACA in 1915 to the current-day situation in NASA.
Author: Roger E. Bilstein
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801871580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics—forerunner of today's NASA—emerged in 1915, when airplanes were curiosities made of wood and canvas and held together with yards of baling wire. At the time an unusual example of government intrusion (and foresight, given the importance of aviation to national military concerns), the committee oversaw the development of wind tunnels, metal fabrication, propeller design, and powerful new high-speed aircraft during the 1920s and '30s. In this richly illustrated account, acclaimed historian of aviation Roger E. Bilstein combines the story of NACA and NASA to provide a fresh look at the agencies, the problems they faced, and the hard work as well as inventive genius of the men and women who found the solutions. NACA research during World War II led to critical advances in U.S. fighter and bomber design and, Bilstein explains, contributed to engineering standards for helicopters. After 1945 the agency's test pilots experimented with jet-powered aircraft, testing both human and technical limits in trying to break the so-called "sound barrier." In October 1958, when the launch of the Soviet Sputnik signaled the beginning of the space race, NACA formed the nucleus of the new National Aeronautics and Space Agency. The new agency's efforts to meet President Kennedy's challenge—safely landing a man on the Moon and returning him to Earth before the end of the 1960s—is one of the great adventure stories of all time. Bilstein goes on to describe NASA's recent planetary and extraplanetary exploration, as well as its less well-known research into the future of aeronautical design.
Author: Curtis Peebles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626830219
Category : Research aircraft
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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With the development of supersonic aircraft, the X-plane era ushered in a new and challenging phase of flight. Researchers found that much of the knowledge accumulated from the previous, subsonic flight era did not apply to the emerging supersonic aircraft. These turbojet-powered planes also outpaced the usefulness of the wind tunnel, previously an indispensible tool of aeronautic research.This book explores the development of the X-series research aircraft, the planes that helped bridge the gap between subsonic flight and hypersonic flight.
Author: Roger E. Bilstein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outer space
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Author: Arthur Pearcy
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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A monumental history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its eventual transition into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), from NACA's pioneering high-performance aircraft research and design to NASA's testing of Mach 3 high-altitude aircraft.
Author: Richard P. Hallion
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flight
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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