Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
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| Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
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| Location: | Mountain View, California |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1955 |
| Designated as NHL: | October 3, 1985[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 3, 1985[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 85002799 |
| Governing body: | NASA |
The Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, located at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California, USA, was a research facility used extensively to design and test new generations of aircraft, both commercial and military, as well as National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space vehicles, including the Space Shuttle. The wind tunnel is a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
The Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel was created by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), parent agency of NASA, which also created the Variable Density Tunnel at Langley in 1921.[3]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.[1][4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2006-03-15).
- ^ Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel. California's Historic Silicon Valley. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
- ^ Harry A. Butowsky (May 15, 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel / Unitary Plan FacilityPDF (32 KB), National Park Service and Accompanying photo, aerial, from 1984PDF (32 KB)
