Irving Pinkel was on of the original employees of the center when research began in 1942. Early in his career he led the icing research program, which began
Pinkel was named group leader for the Wind Tunnel Analysis Panel in 1945.
From buildings that generate their own energy to trees that clean polluted groundwater, there’s no shortage of environmental innovation at NASA. This Earth
, the oak planks that line the lobby floor were reclaimed from an old NASA wind tunnel
SpaceX-21 Splashdown: Following Tuesday’s successful undock, Dragon splashed down off the coast of Tampa, Florida at 7:27PM CT last night. This completes the mission and cargo has been offloaded. Payloads Airborne Particulate Monitor (APM): The crew relocated the APM experiment hardware from Node 3 to the US Lab. This hardware is routinely moved to different …
Various solid fuels are burned under different conditions and observed inside a flow tunnel
Acoustic Diagnostics: The crew set up the appropriate hardware, performed the audio measurements, and used the EveryWear application to answer the questionnaires. The investigation tests the hearing of ISS crew members before, during, and after flight. This study assesses the possible adverse effects of noise and the microgravity environment aboard the ISS on human hearing. …
acceleration caused by radiative heat feedback from the surrounding walls and a tunnel
Advanced Nanostep: The crew inserted the Advanced Nano Step Return Bag into MERLIN. Advanced Nano Step, more formally known as Effects of Impurities on Perfection of Protein Crystals, Partition Functions, and Growth Mechanisms, monitors and records how the incorporation of specific impurity molecules affect the development and quality of protein crystals. The crystals grown on …
suspected to be due to a combination of thermal expansion during combustion and tunnel
Exposed Pallet 9 (EP9) Jettison: At 7:30 AM CT today, robotics ground controllers commanded an SSRMS disposal jettison of the EP9, carrying old Nickel-Hydrogen batteries. The EP9 has the approximate mass of a large SUV and is predicted to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in two-to-four years. The EP9 was delivered to the ISS inside of the …
Various solid fuels are burned under different conditions and observed inside a flow tunnel
Edward Raymond Sharp, known as „Ray,“ was the center’s director for its first 20 years. Sharp expedited the wartime construction of the laboratory; empowered
The lab used aircraft model builders to create models for wind tunnel tests, but
By the late 1930s, it was clear that traditional straight wings and relatively thick airfoils were not suitable for flight approaching the speed of sound. As
The NACA wind tunnel research independently confirmed the potential of a delta wing
Bone Densitometer (BD): The crew completed a calibration of the Bone Densitometer in preparation for operations later this week. Approximately the size of a consumer microwave oven, the Bone Densitometer uses X-rays to measure the bone mineral density (and the lean and fat tissue) of mice living aboard the ISS. As a result, researchers hope …
acceleration caused by radiative heat feedback from the surrounding walls and a tunnel
The Third International Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos was held at NASA Ames, July 18 – 19, 2016, and focused on those two moons of Mars
and Avcoat Extraction Fallowed Area Mapping Project Team Hybrid Wing Body Wind Tunnel
