NASA Runs First-Ever Test of New Jet Engine Tech
address these challenges, NASA Glenn is testing a new propulsor in its 8’ x 6’ Wind Tunnel
NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is testing a new wing for future fuel-efficient aircraft to demonstrate its safety during icy conditions.
In the historic Icing Research Tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland
May 2020 issue of Ames‘ newsletter, the Astrogram
fly in the sky, it needs to “fly” on the ground – and for that you need a wind tunnel
NASA and its industry partners have been working to disprove an aeronautical version of the notion that you can’t have your cake and eat it too – and it may
research team in front of the AHLLE model in their 7- by 10-foot Low Speed Wind Tunnel
Robert T. “R. T.” Jones (1910 – 1999) independently identified the benefits of swept-back wings for high-speed aircraft, regarded as one of the most important
a nine-month temporary position, working in the 7- by 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel
January 2017 issue of Ames‘ newsletter, the Astrogram
The testing will take place in the biggest wind tunnel in the world – the National
“Smooth” and “quiet” are two words not usually associated with a helicopter ride, but NASA is working to change that. A full-size UH-60A Blackhawk helicopter
new measurement techniques for the rotor system and for the world’s largest wind tunnel
James Coder, aerospace engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, led Advanced Aerodynamic Design Center for Ultra-Efficient Commercial
Thanks to our team’s hard work, culminating in a transonic wind tunnel test at NASA
November 2019 issue of Ames‘ newsletter, the Astrogram
fluctuating pressure measurements affecting the Space Launch System during a wind tunnel
Walter Vincenti remembers how his first boss, Harvey Allen, answered his desk phone. In June 1940 the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory was less than six months
Walter led the new 1-by-3-foot supersonic wind tunnel at Ames that generated data
