Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel

Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. County/parish: Santa Clara.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 03, 1985. NRIS 85002799.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Unitary Plan Facility

From Wikipedia:

Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (Mountain View, California)

The Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, located at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California, United States, is a research facility used extensively to design and test new generations of aircraft, both commercial and military, as well as NASA space vehicles, including the Space Shuttle. The facility was completed in 1955 and is one of five facilities created after the 1949 Unitary Plan Act supporting aeronautics research.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858105

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