NASA Langley Research Center photos

NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia is the agency's oldest center: aeronautics research, wind tunnels and test aircraft.

Why they are free to use: NASA photographs are not copyrighted in the United States. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.

113 photos in the index, by decade:

The 1950s

All 52 NASA Langley Research Center photos from the 1950s

4'x4' Supersonic Pressure Tunnel Staff
1956-08-15
IRBM in Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
1957-09-07
North American X-15 Drop Model
1957-04-18
Scale model of Mercury capsule shape A, indicating the position of the astronaut
1958-08-07
Testing of Mercury Capsule Shape A by the Hydrodynamics Division of Langley
1958-06-24
C-130 drop tests capsule #1
1958-12-09
Release of Boilerplate Mercury Capsule Sequence
1958-12-16
WS-110A Brown Bomber in Unitary Wind Tunnel Low Mach Number Test
1958-01-10

The 1960s

All 29 NASA Langley Research Center photos from the 1960s

Model of Mercury capsule used for wind tunnel testing
1960-04-27
Apollo - LOLA Project
1961-12-05
Project LOLA or Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach was a simulator built at Langley
1961-07-23
Astronaut Virgil I. Gus Grissom in Space Suit
1961-03-27
Original 7 astronauts in front of the Convair F-106 B aircraft
1961-01-20
Pilot in Rendezvous Docking Simulator
1962-12-19
Gemini Capsule and Rendezvous Docking Simulator
1962-12-19
Project FIRE Flight Investigation Reentry Environment- Winds of Change
1962-11-21

The 2010s

All 20 NASA Langley Research Center photos from the 2010s

0.4 Percent Scale Space Launch System Wind Tunnel Test
2011-11-15
$LSAWT\Twin Jet Test with HWB Model\JEDA Measurements$
LSAWT\Twin Jet Test with HWB Model\JEDA Measurements
2011-05-10
UPWT Test 1998 Continuous Data Sonic Boom Test
2011-10-20
0.4% Scale (SLS) Space Launch System Model Test In NASA LaRC Uni
2011-12-05
UPWT Test 1998 Continuous Data Sonic Boom Test.
2011-10-20
Space Shuttle Discovery mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier
2012-04-17
Aerial of NASA Langley East side spin tunnel and wind tunnel
2012-06-19
Aerials of NASA Langley Research Center
2012-06-19

The 2020s

All 12 NASA Langley Research Center photos from the 2020s

Forebody and Nose - Windtunnel Testing
2022-02-10
NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Designs
2025-06-26
NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Designs
2025-06-26
NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Designs
2025-06-26
Internal View of an Drop Test Aircraft Cabin
2025-06-26
NASA Tests Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Wing in Langley Wind Tunnel
2025-06-30
NASA Engineer Sue Grafton
2025-07-21
NASA Tests Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Wing in Langley Wind Tunnel
2025-05-12

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