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| Keywords: Mercury Space Capsule- Winds of Change DVIDS701502.jpg en A Langley technician checks the Mercury full-scale capsule model prior to testing in the 30- by 60-Foot Tunnel in 1959 at NASA Langley Research Center Much of the research and development of the Mercury program was conducted at Langley Originally built in the early 1930s to test full-scale aircraft the 30 by 60 tested many of the bombers and fighter planes used in World War II Although it was retired in October 1995 the 30 by 60 is one of NASAs largest wind tunnels and is a National Historic Landmark Many of the tests on the late 1980s and early 1990s were free-flight tests of dynamically scaled models in the test section This technique allowed researchers to measure and assess flight characteristics as well as evaluate control options NASA Identifier L59-336 2009-09-24 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/701502 701502 2012-10-10 14 54 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov Langley Research Center Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
