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NASA image: Lockheed Stopped Rotor in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
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Dec 14, 1965

Lockheed Stopped Rotor in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.

3/4 front view of the Lockheed Stopped Rotor with blades unfolded. Charles Greco and Ed Verrette in photo.

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NASA image: ARC-1965-A-35705
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Oct 22, 1965

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N-222; 2 x 2ft Transonic Wind Tunnel is a closed return, variable-density tunnel equipped with an adjustable...

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NASA image: NACA Ames Laboratory Building, South West.
Image
Nov 14, 1948

NACA Ames Laboratory Building, South West.

NACA Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel (South West).

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NASA image: ARC-2005-ACD05-0022-005
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Feb 4, 2005

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Ames Mars Wind Tunnel Facility N-245: NASA is simulating small martian 'dust devils' and wind in a laboraotry to...

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NASA image: ARC-2005-ACD05-0022-025
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Feb 4, 2005

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Ames Mars Wind Tunnel Facility N-245: NASA is simulating small martian 'dust devils' and wind in a laboraotry to...

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NASA image: ARC-2005-ACD05-0022-014
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Feb 4, 2005

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Ames Mars Wind Tunnel Facility N-245: NASA is simulating small martian 'dust devils' and wind in a laboraotry to...

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NASA image: Testing a Parachute for Mars in World Largest Wind Tunnel
Image
Dec 20, 2007

Testing a Parachute for Mars in World Largest Wind Tunnel

The team developing the landing system for NASA Mars Science Laboratory tested the deployment of an early parachute...

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NASA image: Construction of the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel
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Jun 23, 1948

Construction of the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel

The 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight...

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NASA image: VSTOL Lift-Engine Fighter Model in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.
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Mar 9, 1967

VSTOL Lift-Engine Fighter Model in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.

Lift engine VSTOL fighter model, 3/4 lower front view showing jet engines exit vanes. Yarn tufts attached to...

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NASA image: 40X80 foot Wind Tunnel Tests Of Avrocar Annular Jet VTOL Airplane.
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Apr 20, 1961

40X80 foot Wind Tunnel Tests Of Avrocar Annular Jet VTOL Airplane.

3/4 front view of Avrocar without tail, showing ground board and variable height struts. The ground board minimizes...

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NASA image: Supersonic Transport Model mounted in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
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Jan 13, 1969

Supersonic Transport Model mounted in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.

SCAT-15F supersonic transport model, lower 3/4 front view.

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NASA image: Low Speed Investigation of a Supersonic Transport Model in the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
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Mar 1, 1961

Low Speed Investigation of a Supersonic Transport Model in the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.

Low Speed investigation of a supersonic transport model with delta wing and delta conard, in the 40x80 Wind Tunnel....

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NASA image: GRC-2007-C-02470
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Nov 13, 2007

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Orion Capsule and Launch Abort System (LAS) installed in the NASA Glenn 8x6 Supersonic Wind Tunnel (SWT) for...

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NASA image: Around Marshall
Image
Jan 1, 1984

Around Marshall

An engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) observes a model of the Space Shuttle Orbiter being tested in...

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NASA image: Around Marshall
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Jan 1, 1988

Around Marshall

This photograph shows an overall view of the Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC's) 14x14-Inch Trisonic Wind...

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NASA image: Fig. 68 Unitary Wind Tunnel Display
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Apr 8, 2004

Fig. 68 Unitary Wind Tunnel Display

Fig. 68 Unitary Wind Tunnel Display

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NASA image: ARC-2010-ACD10-0239-003
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Dec 16, 2010

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N-221 NASA Ames Research Center National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex NFAC (40x80x120) foot wind tunnel aerial...

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NASA image: ARC-1994-AC94-0134-20
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Dec 12, 1994

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F/A-18 E/F Model: 11ft. W.T. Test #207-1-11 (Wind Tunnel Test Crew) Joe Haudrich, Greg Krakeler, Tom Ccatee, Ron...

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NASA image: Front 3/4 view of the Avrocar.
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Mar 29, 1960

Front 3/4 view of the Avrocar.

Front 3/4 view of the Avrocar mounted on variable height struts in the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel, without tail.

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NASA image: Front 3/4 view of the Avrocar.
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Mar 29, 1960

Front 3/4 view of the Avrocar.

Front 3/4 view of the Avrocar mounted on variable height struts in the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel, without tail.

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NASA image: ARC-1944-AAL-5862
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May 9, 1944

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P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft wind tunnel

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NASA image: The Lockheed T-33 modified for area-suction leading-edge and trailing edge flaps.
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Nov 2, 1954

The Lockheed T-33 modified for area-suction leading-edge and trailing edge flaps.

3/4 front view of Wind Tunnel investigation of the Lockheed T-33 modified for area-suction leading-edge and trailing...

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NASA image: ARC-2006-ACD06-0036-009
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Feb 2, 2006

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CEV model with pressure sensitive paint (PSP) test 11-0148 in the 11ft Ames wind tunnel. Shown here with Bruce...

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NASA image: ARC-1975-AC75-1816-Edit
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Aug 12, 1975

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Battle Damage test conducted in the Ames 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind Tunnel, Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA on...

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How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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