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Phase I:
Introductory Essay

Phase II:
Introductory Essay

Wind Tunnels

Engine Development

Engine Test Stands

Rocket Testing

Rockets

Launch Pads

Apollo Training

Apollo Hardware Testing

Unmanned Spacecraft Testing

Tracking Stations

Mission Control Centers

Other Support

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Man in Space
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Wind Tunnels


Full Scale Tunnel

Full Scale Tunnel
Interior view of test section with Vought O3U-1 Airplane, 1931.
(Photo by NACA, NASA/Langley Research Center Archives)

Full Scale Tunnel
Interior view of test section with submarine Albacore, 1950.
(Photo by NACA, NASA/Langley Research Center Archives)

Full Scale Tunnel
Modern interior view of test section, 1978.
(Photo by NASA, NASA/Langley Research Center Facilities Office)

Full Scale Tunnel
Modern view of the two four-blade fans that power the Full Scale Tunnel, 1983.
(Photo by NASA, NASA/Langley Research Center Facilities Office)

Full Scale Tunnel
Plan and elevation sketch of the Langley full-scale tunnel.
(Source: Characteristics of Nine Research Wind Tunnels of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory,
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)


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