NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton unveiled its new Flight Dynamics Research Facility Friday, marking the opening of the first new wind tunnel at the center in more than 40 years.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joined other dignitaries — including Virginia’s two U.S. senators and Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi — for the ribbon cutting of the $57 million, 140-foot-tall facility, which features a unique vertical wind tunnel that replaces two older models that will be decommissioned at neighboring Langley Air Force Base.
It comes four years after the facility broke ground.
A propeller from one of the old tunnels is on display at the new facility…