During a NASA wind tunnel test, a model of the Space Shuttle is targeted by a beam of electrons, simulating the effect of ion izing gases during re-entry.

NASA Administrator James Webb is standing directly behind the Mariner model </ center >

The authors used a global circulation model, ModelE from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which they noted " has been tested extensively in global warming experiments and to examine the effects of volcanic eruptions on climate.

Example of risk management: A NASA model showing areas at high risk from impact for the International Space Station.

* The standard waterfall model for systems development NASA webpage, archived on Internet Archive March 10, 2005.

* Parametric Cost Estimating Handbook, NASA webpage based on the waterfall model, archived on Internet Archive March 8, 2005.

In 2002 a Japanese group propelled a tiny aluminium airplane by using a laser to vaporize a water droplet clinging to it, and in 2003 NASA researchers flew an 11 ounce ( 312 g ) model airplane with a propeller powered with solar panels illuminated by a laser.

NASA wind tunnel with the model of a plane.

* edgcm. columbia. edu — the original NASA / GISS global climate model ( GCM ) with a user-friendly interface for PCs and Macs

The SRTM30Plus dataset ( used in NASA World Wind ) attempts to combine GTOPO30, SRTM and bathymetric data to produce a truly global elevation model.

* GEOS-1 ( Goddard Earth Observing System version 1 ), Earth model from NASA EOS Program

FlightGear incorporated other open-source resources, including the LaRCsim flight model from NASA, and freely available elevation data.

* http :// edgcm. columbia. edu / – the original NASA / GISS global climate model ( GCM ) with a user-friendly interface for PCs and Macs

* EGM96 NASA GSFC Earth gravity model

* Accurate Automation Corporation, a company that has built several model waveriders, including the LoFLYTE and the NASA X-43

This radio controlled fixed-wing aircraft | airplane is carrying a scale model of X-33 and is taking part in NASA research.

Mae Jemison, physician and former NASA astronaut, wrote in the book, Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator ( 1993 ): " I point to Bessie Coleman and say without hesitation that here is a woman, a being, who exemplifies and serves as a model to all humanity: the very definition of strength, dignity, courage, integrity, and beauty.

Gulfstream V model winglet Aeroelasticity | flutter tests at NASA Langley Research Center | Langley Subsonic and transonic wind tunnel | transonic wind tunnel

Albus co-invented the Real-Time Control System ( RCS ), a reference model architecture that has been used over the past 25 years for a number of intelligent systems including the NBS Automated Manufacturing Research Facility ( AMRF ), the NASA telerobotic servicer, a DARPA Multiple Autonomous Undersea Vehicle project, a nuclear Submarine Operational Automation System, a Post Office General Mail facility, a Bureau of Mines automated mining system, a commercial open architecture machine tool controller, and numerous advanced robotic projects, including the Army Research Lab Demo III Experimental Unmanned Ground vehicle.

Their model for their reported toroidal phenomena was extensively criticised by a December 2000 technical report commissioned by NASA.

, EPS claim to have met the criticisms of the NASA report, and to have demonstrated that their model is mathematically sound, and state that they are ready to proceed with development of their technology.

Rockwell International, which had its headquarters in the building, displayed a large model of the Rockwell-designed NASA Space Shuttle in the building's lobby until the company moved its headquarters to Southern California in 1988.

A software model by NASA of the remnants of the Farallon Plate, deep in Earth's mantle.

NASA therefore developed a model of the arm for use at its training facility within the Johnson Space Center located in Houston, Texas.

On February 14, 2008, when NASA proposed research into nuclear thermal rockets, Technobahn, a scientific journal in Japan, referred to the usage of nuclear thermal rocket engines on mobile suits in the Gundam universe.

The name Beowulf originally referred to a specific computer built in 1994 by Thomas Sterling and Donald Becker at NASA.

NASA identified a spacecraft which it referred to as Luna 1966A as having launched on 30 April 1966, a spacecraft which it referred to as Luna 1969B as having launched on 15 April 1969, and a spacecraft which it referred to as Luna 1970B as having launched on 19 February 1970.

Later, NASA would change the name of the Lunar Excursion Module to simply Lunar Module or LM, because NASA leadership wanted to acquire funding to engineer a battery powered cart that would eventually be referred to as the Lunar Rover.

Vaishnava News Network and some other U. S .- based news services suggested that they had discovered the remains of the bridge built by Rama and his Vanara army that is referred to in the Ramayana, and that it was not a natural formation, basing their claim on 2002 NASA satellite footage.

In 1964, Latin America's first space launch site was constructed in Rio Grande do Norte ; Barreira do Inferno ( Hell's Barrier ), which was often referred to as the " Brazilian NASA ".

The LLRVs, humorously referred to as " Flying Bedsteads ", were used by the FRC, now known as the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to study and analyze piloting techniques needed to fly and land the Apollo Lunar Module in the moon's airless environment.

Many NASA Astronauts with aviator backgrounds are referred to during spaceflights by their call signs rather than their first names.

Within NASA, Glenn is often referred to by the acronym GRC.

It is often referred to as a marine version of NASA, although it mission seems to be a cross of NOAA and the US Coast Guard.

Logo of the ADSThe Astrophysics Data System ( usually referred to as ADS ), developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ), is an online database of over eight million astronomy and physics papers from both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources.

X-15 velocipede ( commonly referred to as a tricycle ) which was named after the North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft that were made for the USAF, the NASA, and the USN.

Milton Orville Thompson ( usually referred to as Milt Thompson ) ( 4 May 1926 – 6 August 1993 ) was a NASA research pilot who was selected as an astronaut for the United States Air Force X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April 1960.

* The NASA X-38, which is sometimes referred to as " the CRV ", a prototype unmanned version of a CRV for the International Space Station

Plans for such vehicles were referred to as " DC-3 " by spacecraft designer Maxime Faget and Integrated Launch and Reentry Vehicle ( ILRV ) by NASA.

Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs, often referred to as " the Brookings Report ", was commissioned by NASA and created by the Brookings Institution in collaboration with NASA's Committee on Long Range Studies in 1960.

In one such show, The Truth Behind the Moon Landing, NASA writer James Oberg referred to René and other Moon Landing Hoax proponents as cultural vandals.