Designed in 1945 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (precursor to NASA), the NACA duct was intended as an air inlet for jets. Only it was a failure. The design wasn't any good for ...

It hasn’t had quite the impact of GPS or the atomic bomb, but in the pantheon of items created by U.S. government researchers, the NACA duct must be considered one of the most enduring. After all, the ...

Abe Silverstein was a pioneering NACA and NASA engineer who advanced jet propulsion, supersonic research, liquid hydrogen ...

We have heard quite a lot of late, some of it coming in the context of the 2012 presidential campaign, about the importance of NASA returning to its roots as a research and development agency ...

There are few acronyms as widely recognized and iconic as NASA ("M*A*S*H" may come close, but this isn't the place to discuss Alan Alda's masterful portrayal of Hawkeye). The illustrious space ...

History. NACA beginings (1915-1940) / by Craig Collins ; Helping to win World War II (1940-1945) / by Edward Goldstein ; The jet age and beyond (1945-1958) / by Dwight Jon Zimmerman ; Aeronautics ...

It's NASA's birthday -- sort of. The space agency's roots actually reach back to the earliest years of aviation. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29 ...

If your New Year's resolution is to spend less time on Facebook, you may want to reconsider. Sure, you have to wade through revolting photos of other people's kids all covered with food and endless ...