NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests

Source: nasaNewsReleases October 2, 2026 · 09:10
NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests
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Groundbreaking tests at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, are paving the way for new wind tunnel capabilities for designing the aircraft technologies of the future.  In a first-of-its-kind test in NASA Langley’s Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, researchers used unsteady Pressure Sensitive Paint to study how air flows around a standard wind tunnel model known […]
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