The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a United States federal agency founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, … See more

On January 29, 1920, President Wilson appointed pioneering flier and aviation engineer Orville Wright to NACA's board. By the early 1920s, it had adopted a new and more ambitious … See more

After early experiments by Opel RAK with rocket propulsion leading to the first public flight of a rocket plane, the Opel RAK.1, in 1929 and eventual … See more

• Michael H. Gorn, Expanding the Envelope: Flight Research at NACA and NASA.
• James Hansen. Engineer in Charge: A History of the … See more

NACA was established on March 13, 1915, by the federal government through enabling legislation as an emergency measure during World War I to promote industry, academic, … See more

In the years immediately preceding World War II, NACA was involved in the development of several designs that served key roles in … See more

Special Committee on Space Technology
On November 21, 1957, Hugh Dryden, NACA's director, established the Special Committee on Space Technology. The committee, also … See more