NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests for Starship Rocket
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NASA and SpaceX completed wind tunnel tests on the Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster at NASA's Ames Research Center, aimed at understanding aerodynamic forces during re-entry ahead of next year's Artemis III demonstration mission. The work follows Starship's 13th test flight, the second using Starship V3.
NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster. The tests, conducted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocket can experience during re-entry. The […]
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