Learn about the many inventions credited to Orville and Wilbur Wright! Lesson plans, activities, simulations, individual biographies, and links to related sites are all included in this expansive site from NASA.

Biographical information with personal data, education, organizations, special honors, aviation experience, and NASA experience.

Understand the concept of drag and find out how it affects the movement of airplanes.

Extensive biographical information with personal data, education, special honors, aviation experience, NASA experience and space flight experience.

This video [12:28] shows how Newton's law of motion relates to the drag of an airplane. Watch as an instructor shows how the molecules colliding with the airplane create drag.

A website that catalogs information and activities for how airplanes work. The concept of aerodynamics is explained in full detail.

Discover how the factor of weight affects airplanes in flight.

An introduction to thrust and how it relates to airplanes, told in an animated format.

Image of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) as seen at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April, 2012. The aircraft was assigned to shuttle Discovery.

Easy to read guide from NASA on the basics of flight. Great graphics and some simulations are included.

Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.

Explains the dangers of volcanic ash plumes to airplanes, such as the eruption in 2010 of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland which greatly disrupted air traffic in neighbouring countries.

Background on the first shuttle flights in 1977.

Are you studying or teaching Aerodynamics? This page acts as an index to all the terminology related to this topic. Clicking on any title will open a page with a colored slide and a scientific explanation of the contents. Animated,...

Find out how scientists have improved hurricane tracking technology through new aircraft and advanced instruments.

How does weight affect an airplane? Watch the simulation to find out.

How did we learn to fly? Resource takes users back through time to discover where the history of flight all started. Offers links to games, art and stories as well as activities.

In this lesson plan students can make a flying wing and trouble-shoot until the wing glides smoothly.

Contrails are human-made clouds from jet airplanes.