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NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : 90-HC-504
Date : 01/01/1961

Title

NACA Seal

Full Description

This is the official seal for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) which was established by an act of Congress in March 1915. The seal depicts the first human-controlled, powered flight made by the Wright brothers in December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. NACA was later incorporated into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958.

Keywords

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Seal Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk

Subject Category

NASA Management, NACA-ARC, NACA-LaRC, NACA-GRC-LRC,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: 90-HC-504
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001838

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 86 68 13
Small .jpg 608 481 242
Medium .jpg 1424 1128 1,360
Large .jpg 2848 2256 7,402

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