The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity

York City in 1930 by David Lasser, G. Edward Pendray,
Fletcher Pratt, and others, and it changed its name four
years later. The IAS started in 1932 as the Institute of Aeronautical
Science, with Orville Wright as its first honorary
member, and substituted “Aerospace” in its title in 1960.
AIAA and its founding societies have been at the forefront
of the aerospace profession from the outset, beginning
with the launch of a series of small experimental rockets
before World War II based on designs used by the Verein
für Raumschiffahrt (German Society for Space Travel).
American Rocket Society
SeeAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Ames, Milton B., Jr. (1913–)
A leading aerodynamicist in the early days of the American
space program. Ames earned a B.S. in aeronautical
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engineering from Georgia Tech in 1936 and joined the
LangleyAeronautical Laboratory that same year. In 1941,
he transferred to the headquarters of NACA (National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), where he served
on the technical staff, becoming chief of the aerodynamics
division in 1946. Following the creation of NASA,
Ames was appointed chief of the aerodynamics and flight
mechanics research division. In 1960, he became deputy
director of the office of advanced research programs at
NASA Headquarters and then director of space vehicles
in 1961. He retired from the space program in 1972.
Ames Research Center (ARC)
A major NASA facility located at Moffett Field, California,
in the heart of Silicon Valley. Ames was founded on
December 20, 1939, by NACA(National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics) as an aircraft research laboratory,
Ames Research Center An aerial view of Ames Research Center. The large flared rectangular structure to the left of center of the
photo is the 80 × 120 ft. Full Scale Wind Tunnel. Adjacent to it is the 40 × 80 ft. Full Scale Wind Tunnel, which has been designated
a National Historic Landmark. NASA