The Biggest Gun In The West! NASA's Hypervelocity Free Flight Test Range
Published August 18, 2025
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NASA Ames hosts a massive gun designed to throw tiny spacecraft models at orbital speeds to verify the aerodynamics of potential reentry vehicles. This is the only such facility in the US, not only can it project models at over 17000 miles per hour, it can take shadowgraph images showing shockwave structures and other …
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