Damage Shuts Down NFAC Full-Scale Wind Tunnel

Credit: AEDC/NASA
The largest wind tunnel in the world, the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) at NASA Ames Research Center in California, has been damaged and shut down after wall panels detached and struck the drive fans on June 9. The U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC)...

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