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Latest Features

Students Had a HUNCH About Spinning Chair

HUNCH students build a spatial disorientation chair.
06.03.13

Sixteen Hampton Roads area high school students work with NASA and New Horizons to build a spatial disorientation simulator for pilots and astronauts.

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Lightfoot Gets a New View of NASA Research

Robert Lightfoot visits NASA's Langley Research Center.
05.30.13

NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot began his Langley visit as a leader; he ended it as a mentee.

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Astronaut Pilots a "Dream" at NASA Langley

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer flies a Dream Chaser simulation
05.30.13

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer visited Langley's Cockpit Motion Facility in May to fly simulated Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser landings.

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MORE FEATURES

  • EVS graph, FY12.

    EVS 2013 Reads Between the Lines

    A collection of line graphs from Employee Viewpoint Survey (EVS) results at NASA's Langley Research Center dating back to 2002 show similar trends in employee satisfaction.

  • Solar Wheelchair

    Langley, NIA Students Design Award-Winning Wheelchair

    When Dennis Waldron, Duncan McGillivray, Craig Ungaro and Ankit Shah entered a World Cerebral Palsy Day competition to design a solar-powered wheelchair, they honestly didn't think they had a shot at winning first prize.

  • Spatial Disorientation Trainer Chair

    HUNCH Students Take a Spin at NASA Langley

    After taking a few twirls on the spatial disorientation trainer chair he'd helped weld together, high school senior Brandon Hogan seemed happy — and maybe a little dizzy.

    "It rides smooth," he...

  • Star Trek Premiere

    NASA Langley Brings Science to "Star Trek" Premiere

    Members from NASA Langley’s outreach team spoke to thousands of Starfleet, Klingon, Federation and deep-space exploration fans —better known as Trekkies — at the opening of the Star Trek movie, “Into Darkness.”

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  • You're Invited: Free Refreshments and Student Posters

    03.28.13 - The DEVELOP National Program, which is headquartered at NASA Langley, invites all employees to join local students as they close out their spring session with an open house style poster presentation.

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