{"id":180827,"date":"2023-02-15T16:31:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T21:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/exploring-drag\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T08:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T12:03:49","slug":"exploring-drag","status":"publish","type":"stem-content","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/exploring-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Drag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When an airplane flies, drag is the force that pushes in the direction opposite of the airplane\u2019s movement. Using coffee filters, try this experiment to see what affects drag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/exploring_drag.pdf?emrc=719f5c\">Exploring Drag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This activity is adapted from the “<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/drag-and-aircraft-design\/\">Drag and Aircraft Design”<\/a> guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drag is a push that goes the opposite direction of an airplane. Try these experiments to see what affects drag. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":66657,"template":"","categories":[],"stem-terms":[8043,8133,8044,8051,8052,8050,8057,8083,8049,8046,8045],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[3854],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebPage","headline":"Exploring Drag","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/exploring-drag\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/exploring-drag\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/edu_srch_exploring_drag_0.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/edu_srch_exploring_drag_0.jpg"},"articleSection":"General","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2023-02-15T21:31:47Z","datePublished":"2023-02-15T21:31:47Z","dateModified":"2023-10-06T12:03:49Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Exploring Drag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/exploring-drag\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"index\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/edu_srch_exploring_drag_0.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2023-02-15T21:31:47Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"General\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":1,"featured_image":{"id":66657,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/edu_srch_exploring_drag_0.jpg","title":"edu_srch_exploring_drag_0","alt":"Coffee filters with numbers written inside","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stem-content\/180827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stem-content"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stem-content"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stem-content\/180827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543166,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stem-content\/180827\/revisions\/543166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180827"},{"taxonomy":"stem-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stem-terms?post=180827"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=180827"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=180827"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=180827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}