Glenn Research Center

Glenn History
Glenn Research Center
People of NASA
Citation Dr. Heinrich “Henry” Kosmahl was an internationally recognized pioneer in the advancement of traveling wave tube technology for satellite communications systems.
Posted March 4, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Glenn History
People of NASA
Citation Over his 40-year career, Dr. Julian M. Earls helped to shape the center in a number of areas. He began his career in 1965 as a physicist and quickly established himself as a leader in health physics and radiology, authoring NASA’s first-ever health-physics guides. Dr. Earls was a champion of equal opportunity and the […]
Posted March 4, 2024
Glenn History
Glenn Research Center
People of NASA
Citation Dr. Lonnie Reid is nationally recognized for his knowledge of internal flow in advanced aerospace propulsion systems. His long history of integrating the theoretical and experimental elements of fluid dynamics resulted in an expanded database of compressor and fan design.
Posted March 4, 2024
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Glenn History
People of NASA
Citation Dr. R. Lynn Bondurant began his career at the NASA Lewis Research Center in 1981 to direct the newly established Office of Educational Programs.
Posted March 4, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Glenn History
People of NASA
Citation Olga González-Sanabria contributed to the development of nickel-hydrogen battery technologies, most notably in the area of battery separators, and the study of energy storage options for radioisotope thermoelectric generators.
Posted March 4, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Glenn History
People of NASA
Citation THE GIANTS OF HEAT TRANSFER: DR. ROBERT DEISSLER, DR. SIMON OSTRACH, AND DR. ROBERT SIEGELThe NASA Glenn Research Center established itself as a hub of heat transfer expertise early in its history, when it was a National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) laboratory. Rooted in basic, instead of applied, research, a group of the […]
Posted March 4, 2024
Glenn History
Glenn Research Center
People of NASA
Citation THE GIANTS OF HEAT TRANSFER: DR. ROBERT DEISSLER, DR. SIMON OSTRACH, AND DR. ROBERT SIEGELThe NASA Glenn Research Center established itself as a hub of heat transfer expertise early in its history, when it was a National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) laboratory. Rooted in basic, instead of applied, research, a group of the […]
Posted March 4, 2024
Glenn Research Center
NASA has selected Sierra Lobo Inc.
Posted February 22, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Aeronautics
Armstrong Flight Research Center
NASA History
Supersonic flight became a reality in October 1947, when the Bell X-1 rocket plane broke the sound barrier.
Posted February 22, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
NASA recently concluded the final mission of its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment, or Saffire, putting a blazing end to an eight-year series of investigations that provided insights into fire’s behavior in space. The final experiment, Saffire-VI, launched to the International Space Station in August 2023 and concluded its mission on Jan.
Posted February 15, 2024
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