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MoonShot Monday: A Very Windy Test
James E. Webb was the 2nd administrator for NASA, from 1961 - 1968.  The Truman Presidential Library holds the manuscript materials for Webb, including hundreds of NASA-related pictures. 
For our space fix today, here’s a glimpse into the vigorous testing NASA puts its equipment through. Pictured above is a one-third scaled model of the Saturn I Block II launch vehicle, a rocket designed to launch large amounts of mass into low Earth orbit.
Resting inside NASA Langley Research Center’s wind-tunnel, the launch vehicle is mounted on a turntable with the umbilical tower so that it can be rotated to receive the force of the wind stream from any direction.  Wind-tunnel test results guide the design of launch pedestals assuring ample strength for any surface wind conditions.
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MoonShot Monday: A Very Windy Test

James E. Webb was the 2nd administrator for NASA, from 1961 - 1968.  The Truman Presidential Library holds the manuscript materials for Webb, including hundreds of NASA-related pictures. 

For our space fix today, here’s a glimpse into the vigorous testing NASA puts its equipment through. Pictured above is a one-third scaled model of the Saturn I Block II launch vehicle, a rocket designed to launch large amounts of mass into low Earth orbit.

Resting inside NASA Langley Research Center’s wind-tunnel, the launch vehicle is mounted on a turntable with the umbilical tower so that it can be rotated to receive the force of the wind stream from any direction.  Wind-tunnel test results guide the design of launch pedestals assuring ample strength for any surface wind conditions.

Source: trumanlibrary.org

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