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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-)

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Biography

Predecessor: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Variants: N.A.S.A. // NASA // NASA Headquarters // National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) // United States. Aeronautics and Space Administration // United States. National Aeronautics & Space Administration // United States. National Aeronautics and Space Agency

Associated Fields: Aeronautics // Aeronautics and state // Astronautics // Astronautics and state Space flight

Historical Note: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, opened for business on October 1, 1958; was built on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and other government organizations as the locus of U.S. civil aerospace research and development). From the NASA website: NASA history overview (viewed October 4, 2018)

Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:

"Experimental Investigation of the Dynamic Stability of a Towed Parawing Glider Air Cargo Delivery System" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2292), 1964-08

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.056
Identifier: 20060040
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2292, dated August 1964.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Robert E. Shanks of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1964-08

"Experimental Observations of Transient Boiling of Subcooled Water and Alcohol on a Horizontal Surface" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2507), 1965-01

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.059
Identifier: 20060053
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2507, dated January 1965.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Robert W. Graham of Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1965-01

"Fatigue Under Random and Programed Loads" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2629), 1965-02

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.062
Identifier: 20060065
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2629, dated February 1965.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Eugene C. Naumann of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1965-02

"Flight Evaluation of Wide-Angle, Overlapping Monoculars For Providing Pilot's Field of Vision" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2265), 1964-04

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.055
Identifier: 20060038
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2265, dated April 1964.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Paul L. Chenoweth and William H. Dana of the Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1964-04

"Flight Investigation of Steep Instrument Approach Capabilities of a C-47 Airplane Under Manual Control" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2559), 1965-01

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.061
Identifier: 20060061
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2559, dated January 1965.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Albert W. Hall and Donald J. McGinley, Jr. of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1965-01

"Flight Tests of a 0.13-Scale Model of a Vectored-Thrust Jet VTOL Transport Airplane" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2285), 1964-08

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.055
Identifier: 20060039
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2285, dated August 1964.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Charles C. Smith, Jr. and Lysle P. Parlett of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1964-08

"Force-Test Investigation of a 1/4-Scale Model of the Modified VZ-2 Aircraft" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2382), 1964-08

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.057
Identifier: 20060045
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2382, dated August 1964.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Robert H. Kirby, Robert O. Schade and Louis P. Tosti of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1964-08

Fuel Economy in Aviation [NASA Special Publication SP-462], 1983

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 106, Call No.: TL 704.7 .E78 1983
Identifier: 20123078
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Authoritative ReferenceAuthority: Author ExpertiseDocument Number: NASA Special Publication (SP)-462.Scope (from the Preface): "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had generated projects that resulted in fuel efficiency, but it was not until January 1975, in the midst of the Arab oil embargo, that the U.S. Senate requested development of a program to...
Dates: Publication: 1983

"Full-Scale Wind-Tunnel Tests of Nonarticulated Helicopter Rotor" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2392), 1964-07

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.057
Identifier: 20060046
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2392, dated July 1964.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by John L. McCloud III and James C. Biggers of Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

Contents: See title

Dates: Publication: 1964-07

Gravity Probe A Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-15
Scope and Contents

Scientific documents, project definition materials, project implementation materials, spacecraft flight materials, flight data analyses, Atomic H Dissociator documents, personal documents, spacecraft data and trajectory tabulations, spacecraft payload drawings, Gravity Probe A data tapes.

Dates: 1968 - 1984