Wind Tunnel Test - Schilieren photograph of an F11F-1 Tiger at Mach 1.4 in the 1-foot by 3-foot wind tunnel at NASA Ames. This image was taken in February 1965.
Image source: NASA
A technician prepares to unlatch the door built into the guide vanes of the 16-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia.
The tunnel, one of dozens of research facilities at Langley, was built in 1939 and renovated in 1990. Operating transonically or across the speed of sound, the air in the test section travels from about 150 to 1,000 miles per hour. The tunnel is called the “16-Foot” because its test section is approximately 16 feet in diameter. The guide vanes, which form an ellipse 58-feet high and 82-feet wide, cut across each cylindrical tube at a 45 degree angle.
Photo: Bill Taub/NASA
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Two female NASA employees and the Intelsat IV satellite in an anechoic chamber, July 5, 1972. Photo: NASA.
Space food. Source: NASA.
The Mobile Service Structure moves away from the Skylab 4 space vehicle the night before the launch. Skylab 4 launched on Nov. 16, 1973. The crew - Commander Gerald Carr, Mission Pilot William Pogue and Edward Gibson - spent 84 days aboard the station. Image credit: NASA.
Space Shuttle Program concept paintings. Via San Diego Air & Space Museum.
