Norbert's LabNASA Facts: Exploring NASA’s Roots: The History of Langley Research Center, NF167 April 1992
Davis, Stubbs, and Tanner: Langley Aircraft Landing Dynamics Facility, NASA RP-1189, October 1987
Buck, Rinder: Flight of Passage: A Memoir, Hyperion, June 1998 Reprint Edition
Bilstein, Roger E.: Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 (NASA SP-4406) 1989
Krause, Shari Stamford: Aircraft Safety: Accident Investigations, Analyses, and Applications. McGraw-Hill Companies, February 1996.
Rosenberg, Barry: Airbags for Aircraft, Popular Mechanics, 1/97, Volume 174, p. 60.
Skidding to Disaster, Time, 6/14/99, Volume 153, p. 58.
The Drop Test, World of Wonder, GRB Entertainment, Show 403 (Call 1-818-728-7600 for video information)
NASA’s homepage with links for students
http://www.nasa.gov/
NASA Langley Research Center’s homepage
http://www.larc.nasa.gov
NASA Langley’s Structural and Dynamics Branch homepage with links to the Aircraft Landing and Dynamics Facility (ALDF) and the Impact Dynamics Research Facility (IDRF)
http://SDB-www.larc.nasa.gov/SDB/SDB.html
Overview of NASA Langley’s Impact Dynamics Landing Facility (IDRF)
http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/tour/impact1.html
Overview of NASA Langley’s Aircraft Landing Dynamics Facility (ALDF)
http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/tour/ALDF1.html
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration homepage
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Description of how the shuttle lands at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/landing.htm
An article about NASA Langley’s IDRF
http://www.knowledgerevolution.com/press/stories/ss_nasa.html