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Langley Exploration Features

Davis Represents Curiosity EDL Team at NASM Award Ceremony

The Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent and landing received the 2013 Trophy for Current Achievement from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum April 24.
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Orion LAS Team Visits New Orleans for Ogive Checkup

Members of the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) team met at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans to review progress of the assimilation of the LAS Ogive Assembly, which will be flown o...
Technology to "Hear" Potential Leaks

Space station's Ultrasonic Background Noise Test (UBNT) to detect air leaks by "listening" for high frequency sounds
Crews Rehearse LAS Stacking with Orion

Engineers, crane operators and technicians practiced the careful maneuvers that will be required to stack a Launch Abort System onto an Orion spacecraft.
Langley NEO Expert Interviewed by Local Media

Dan Mazanek didn't wake up this morning expecting to be on TV.

In fact, it wasn't until he got to work that Mazanek, a Near-Earth Object expert at NASA's Langley Research Center, heard abo...
NASA Day of Remembrance

As NASA honors the Apollo I, Challenger and Columbia crews, we recall Langley's contributions to NASA's post-Columbia return to flight.