Obituary For Former NASA Ames Director Clarence Syvertson
Clarence “Sy” Syvertson, an expert on hypersonic airflow who was director of NASA Ames Research Center from 1977-84, died Sept. 13. He was 84. Syvertson began his career at Ames in 1948 and led development of its 3.5 hypersonic wind tunnel branch that was used for North American’s XB-70 Valkyrie...
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