NACA Genius: Harvey Allen
Description: H. Julian "Harvey" Allen at his home.
Harvey Allen, a San Francisco Bay Area local, grew up in on University Avenue in Palo Alto, CA. He attended nearby Stanford University, where he discovered his passion for theoretical aerodynamics.
Allen is best known as the genius behind the blunt-body
concept, published in 1953, which enables spacecraft to return safely home through Earth’s dense atmosphere. He was also an extraordinary research leader, who led a world-class research program in hypersonics at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory.
For more information on Allen's contributions to aeronautics, visit: history.arc.nasa.gov/hist_pdfs/bio_allen_pub.pdf
Credit: NASA
Image Number: ARC-1957-A-22817
Date: July 10, 1957
NACA Genius: Harvey Allen
Description: H. Julian "Harvey" Allen at his home.
Harvey Allen, a San Francisco Bay Area local, grew up in on University Avenue in Palo Alto, CA. He attended nearby Stanford University, where he discovered his passion for theoretical aerodynamics.
Allen is best known as the genius behind the blunt-body
concept, published in 1953, which enables spacecraft to return safely home through Earth’s dense atmosphere. He was also an extraordinary research leader, who led a world-class research program in hypersonics at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory.
For more information on Allen's contributions to aeronautics, visit: history.arc.nasa.gov/hist_pdfs/bio_allen_pub.pdf
Credit: NASA
Image Number: ARC-1957-A-22817
Date: July 10, 1957