By the late 1930s, it was clear that traditional straight wings and relatively thick airfoils were not suitable for flight approaching the speed of sound. As
The NACA wind tunnel research independently confirmed the potential of a delta wing
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel
STS-114 was the first Return to Flight mission since the tragic loss of Columbia Feb. 1, 2003. Two and a half years were spent researching and implementing safety improvements for orbiters and external tanks. They included greater in-depth examination of Reinforced Carbon-Carbon panels that are used on the wing leading edges, plus replacing bolts and new foam applications on the tanks.
Tunnel tests at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California and further engineering
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Technology March 2025 – X-59 Electromagnetic Testing February 2025 – X-66 Model Wind Tunnel
A complete transformation is now underway at the NASA Ames Visitor Center at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California. Significant changes
Facilities include the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS), Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel,
NASA is advancing flow field diagnostics by developing and applying cutting-edge measurement techniques to study aerodynamic and propulsion systems.
2023 Particle Seeding System Upgrades in the NASA GRC 1′ × 1′ Supersonic Wind Tunnel
The achievement of President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth was just one month away. Between May 18
including “docking” the trailer to the LRL, which involved setting up a collapsible tunnel
The Electronics Research Center (ERC) was established at Cambridge, Massachusetts in September 1964 to improve NASA’s electronics research capabilities for
These included a high-frequency (30 GHz) oscillator, a miniaturized tunnel-diode
The third day in space for the Apollo 9 crew of Commander James A. McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David R. Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Russell L.
Schweickart was first to float through the tunnel from the Command Module (CM), followed
After completing the historic first international docking in space and two days of crew visits between the two vehicles, the Soviet and American spacecraft of
hatches between the Command Module (CM) and the Docking Module (DM), vented the tunnel
