I work at NASA's Langley Research Center (LaRC), located in Hampton, VA. LaRC is the nation's oldest civilian aeronautical laboratory, established by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1917. When NASA was enacted in 1958, NACA was folded into the new organization and my research center was the springboard by which NASA's other centers around the country were formed. As a matter of fact, LaRC is known informally as NASA's "mother center."

Approxmiately two-thirds of Langley's research budget is dedicated to important aeronautical research, and one-third is going toward space-related research (such as the up-and-coming CEV). However, there is also research occuring that breaks the boundaries of both areas such as that of hypersonics and the ARES project (see last post). It is truly an exciting place to work with state-of-the-art facilities, including wind tunnels that are nationally and internationally unique. The following is a picture of the 14x22ft. Subsonic Wind Tunnel that I took a couple of Thursdays ago on Route 172.