⛏️ Groundbreaking 4 scores ago today (January 23, 1941 in case your friends ask), local authorities, military representatives, and agency officials assembled in Cleveland, Ohio to break ground at the future site of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) new research laboratory. Cleveland at the time was the home of the nation’s most advanced airport, local aircraft manufacturers, and the National Air Races. Now, the laboratory, now known as NASAGlenn, is one of 10 centers and a leading economic contributor to the Cleveland area. Happy 80th! Here’s to many more years of inspiring new explorers! Photo facts in order: 🧑‍🚀 In 1960, Mercury astronaut John Glenn prepares for a test in the Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF) inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel at at Lewis Research Center (now Glenn Research Center). 🚍 This vehicle served as a mobile terminal for the Communications Technology Satellite. The Lewis-designed vehicle acted as a field unit that per...