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NASA-developed wind tunnels remain invaluable tools for testing aircraft aerodynamics. Image showing a large full-scale airplane tail in the wind tunnwl with a red gift tag that says, To: Scientist and Engineers. From: NASA.

NASA Contribution: Wind Tunnels

Aircraft, spacecraft, racing cars, 18-wheelers – wind tunnels are still a critical tool for testing and proving aerodynamic performance. NASA continues to manage a suite of wind tunnels at field centers around the country that are used to test aerodynamic performance of vehicles that travel at subsonic, supersonic or hypersonic speeds.

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