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At NASA Langley, we are dreamers, stargazers, and explorers. We aspire to know more, dig deeper, climb higher and along the way we keep asking questions. We dare to ask, “what if?” A simple start to endless possibilities and opportunities.
Explore all that NASA Langley Research…
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Ever wonder what it’s like living in space? Why not ask the astronauts themselves!
Students and teachers, apply for an In-Flight Education Downlink before May 21 and bring the stars to your classroom:
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
Connect your students with
@NASA_Astronauts
aboard the
@Space_Station
for a 20-minute Q&A session about living and working in space! 🚀
Submit your application before the May 21 deadline:
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Heads up! Construction of the center’s newest major wind tunnel in over four decades continues here at Langley. A giant version of the NASA “meatball,” with a diameter of 15 feet and weighing about 700 pounds, is one of the newest additions to this ground-breaking facility.
The…
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
Your name here: If you signed up to send your name to Europa, it has been loaded aboard our spacecraft, along with messages and artwork connecting one water world with another. To see – and hear – more, just dive in:
#GoEuropaClipper
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2023 was a year of barrier-breaking progress at NASA Langley. We dared to ask, “what if?” — a simple start to endless possibilities and opportunities.
We invite you to explore all that Langley has to offer, including our amazing people, unique capabilities, and legacy of…
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
Happy
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
!🍎
Did you know that
@NASA
has a search tool to help you easily find
#STEM
resources? Try it out to find activities to celebrate
#BlackHoleWeek
! ⚫️
Click here to get started:
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
For aircraft wings and wind turbine blades, lightweight and durable materials like carbon fiber are essential.✈
@NASA_Langley
has developed a new thermal imaging process to help Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machines detect defects in real time.
Watch the video to learn…
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We've got confirmation: earlier this week,
@NASA_Technology
's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System phoned home and achieved successful two-way communications!
Over the next one to two months, the solar sail will get ready for the next phase of the mission: deployment and…
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
Our Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is operational, healthy, and has now successfully achieved two-way communications!
Next steps include a one- to two-month commissioning phase, after which the sail can begin to unfurl in space.
Learn more:
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Whether it’s with a research plane, quiet supersonic aircraft, drone, or sustainable aircraft,
@NASAaero
pilots have a passion for taking to the skies and defying gravity.
This World Pilots' Day, we’re celebrating the NASA pilots who help innovation in aeronautics soar to new…
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
We have confirmed deployment of the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System in low Earth orbit!
Next steps are powering up and making contact with the ground. Stay up to date by following along on our blog:
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
We have liftoff!
The spacecraft carrying our next-generation solar sail technology has left the pad aboard
@RocketLab
’s Electron rocket:
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We’re setting sail!
@NASA_Technology
's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is launching from New Zealand. Head over to
@RocketLab
to watch live coverage🚀
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
We're counting down to our Advanced Composite Solar Sail System launch, with
@RocketLab
liftoff planned for 6:15pm EDT! 🚀
Here are 5 things to know about this mission that could change space travel and expand our understanding of our Sun and solar system:…
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NASA Langley Research Center Retweeted
It's launch day for our new solar sail mission! 🚀 This next-gen solar sail tech, which uses the pressure of sunlight for propulsion, waits for liftoff atop a
@RocketLab
Electron rocket in New Zealand. Launch window opens at 6:00pm EDT. Find out how to watch and get mission…
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Ready to set sail?
Today at 6PM EDT,
@NASA_Technology
's solar sail is launching from New Zealand aboard
@RocketLab
’s Electron rocket.
Head to
@RocketLab
for live launch coverage and learn more about the mission here:
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Come sail away... with the power of the Sun! ☀️
Tomorrow, April 23 (April 24 in New Zealand),
@NASA_Technology
's solar sail technology is launching from New Zealand aboard
@RocketLab
’s Electron rocket.
Mark your calendars and read more about the solar sail that could…
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