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Historical Research
A great deal of information has been collected regarding the Altitude Wind Tunnel(AWT). This includes materials created during the recent documentation of the facility, as well as records, publications, and reports generated during the facility’s operating years. In addition, there are many NASA historical publications that are excellent sources of contextual history. |
Timelines: These pages include timelines of testing in both the AWT and Space Power Chamber. They also include a general timeline of events that influenced the history of the facility.
Events Timeline (1936 to 1957)
Events Timeline ( 1958 to 2008)
Tests Timeline (1944 to 1975)
AWT Documents: Here one can find transcriptions and PDFs of original documents, articles, reports, and speeches. These materials span from World War II through Project Mercury and the 1960's space program.
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| Additional Research Materials |
| Additional materials describing the AWT and the studies conducted there are available in the Interactive History portion of this Web site. These include a chronological history of the facility, links to research reports and other AWT-related publications, a 9-minute documentary video created by NASA in 1961, and much more. |
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