Around the world, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) is synonymous with air and space flight. This book
covers NASA's aerospaceresearch from the agency's beginnings as
NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in 1915 to the
present-day NASA. Exciting projects and developments are portrayed,
such as the first supersonic flight of the X-1 in 1947, the flights
of the fastest manned aircraft, the rocket-powered X-15, which
attained almost seven times the speed of sound in 1967, the
flight-testing of the lunar module for the moon landings,
tipping-rotor aircraft, testing new wing concepts, and much more.
The emphasis of the book is in the realm of aviation research, but
the boundaries between air and space research are often fluid, so
that the development of the Space Shuttle and its testing have been
included in this book. Besides project portrayals and descriptions
of various research trends, the development sites and important
personnel of NASA are portrayed.
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