wind tunnel
noun
: a tunnellike passage through which air is blown at a known velocity to investigate air flow around an object (such as an airplane part or model) placed in the passage
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The researchers tested prototypes in simulations, wind tunnels, laboratory trials, and outdoor drone drops.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
The prototypes were spherical wire frames containing sails; in the wind tunnel, they were put through their paces on different surfaces, including rough and smooth terrain, sand, pebbles and boulder fields.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Ames was chosen because of NASA’s established vertical flight research facilities — including the world’s largest wind tunnel — and the existing expertise base of NASA engineers familiar with rotorcraft R&D challenges.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Camarda's work in the thermal structures branch at NASA's Langley Research Center was limited to ground testing in high-temperature wind tunnels.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
The prototypes were spherical wire frames containing sails; in the wind tunnel, they were put through their paces on different surfaces, including rough and smooth terrain, sand, pebbles and boulder fields.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Ames was chosen because of NASA’s established vertical flight research facilities — including the world’s largest wind tunnel — and the existing expertise base of NASA engineers familiar with rotorcraft R&D challenges.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Camarda's work in the thermal structures branch at NASA's Langley Research Center was limited to ground testing in high-temperature wind tunnels.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Wind tunnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20tunnel. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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