NASA Langley Research Center

At NASA Langley, we are dreamers, stargazers, and explorers. We aspire to know more, dig deeper, climb higher and along the way we keep asking questions. We dare to ask, “what if?” A simple start to endless possibilities and opportunities. Explore all that NASA Langley Research Center has to offer and see how our wonder changes the world in our 2023 Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/eMZnPQZB

107 never looked better! Since its establishment in 1917, NASA Langley's wonder has changed the world. Our quest to make the impossible possible continues to fuel curiosity and innovation around the world.

We’ve got some news to share: effective immediately, Langley Center Director Clayton Turner will serve as the acting associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), stepping into this role with the retirement of Dr. Kurt “Spuds” Vogel. During this time, Dawn Schaible will serve as acting Langley center director. Dawn has most recently been serving as the deputy director at NASA Glenn Research Center, and she previously served as the director of the Engineering Directorate here at Langley. Please join us in congratulating Acting Associate Administrator Turner and Acting Director Schaible on their new roles!

Happy birthday to the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration meatball! For 65 years, this iconic logo has represented NASA’s mission to reach new heights for the benefit of all and inspired the world to reach for the stars. This spring, a 15-ft-diameter and 700-pound version of the meatball was installed on the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, which will be Langley’s newest major wind tunnel. Learn more about the FDRF: https://lnkd.in/eWs3E4bn

Looking for the secrets to our planet? It’s all in the data! STEM Takes Flight Interns at Langley recently attended a day-long training on how to access Earth science data, like satellite imagery and air quality data, using free resources from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Discover more about the Earth with NASA Earth Data: https://lnkd.in/e6tzmGFZ

Are you developing new drones? Advancing air taxi technologies? We want to hear from you! On Wednesday, May 15th, NASA is hosting a meeting for the Advanced Air Mobility Working Group. If you’re a member of the Advanced Air Mobility community, sign up to join the meeting and share your ideas, ask questions, and help build the future of aviation! Register online here: https://lnkd.in/gfupQ7K

Whether it’s with a research plane, quiet supersonic aircraft, drone, or sustainable aircraft, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aeronautics pilots have a passion for taking to the skies and defying gravity. This World Pilots' Day, we’re celebrating the NASA pilots who help innovation in aeronautics soar to new heights!

For more than a century here at Langley, we've been daring to ask, “what if?” Our endless curiosity and quest to make the impossible possible has led to groundbreaking discoveries. Join us as we ask "what if?" and share your own big questions. The future starts with a question, you just have to be bold enough to ask! Wonder with us: nasa.gov/langley/wonder/

For over a century, women have been trailblazers and innovators here at NASA Langley, from Pearl Young to Katherine Johnson and other "Hidden Figures" to the women across our center today who make NASA's mission to explore the universe around us possible. Female NASA Langley staff gathered outside the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility to celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth and those who paved the way for women at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Students from Newport News, Virginia, visited Langley yesterday to get some hands-on experience flying drones! We were also excited to welcome special guests Governor Glenn Youngkin and author Margot Lee Shetterly to commemorate #BlackHistoryMonth and celebrate NASA trailblazers past and present who’ve solved some of the universe’s toughest questions.