When NASA engineers designed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they knew it would need an extraordinary communications system.
When NASA engineers designed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they knew it would need an extraordinary communications system.
One hundred years ago the Army bought its first airplane from the Wright brothers. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
Aviation enthusiasts seek out certain destinations. For a week every summer a small airfield in central Wisconsin is an aviator's dream world.
The Simulated Lunar Operations (SLOPE) facility is home to a 60-foot long sandpit full of fake lunar soil. See how Glenn engineers use SLOPE to test moon rovers on September 5, 2009.
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The first American to orbit Earth was born and raised in Ohio. Read more about his extraordinary NASA career.
NASA Glenn engineers teach students the physics of spaceflight at Ohio amusement park.