Hypersonic Tunnel Facility - NASA

The Hypersonic Tunnel Facility (HTF) at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, was originally designed to test nuclear thermal rocket nozzles. It is a hypersonic (Mach 5, 6, and 7) ...

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Hypersonic Tunnel Facility - NASA

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The Hypersonic Tunnel Facility (HTF) at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, was originally designed to test nuclear thermal rocket nozzles. It is a hypersonic (Mach 5, 6, and 7) blowdown, non-vitiated free jet facility that tests large-scale hypersonic air-breathing propulsion systems. Facility Overview Designed to conduct research, development, and acceptance testing of […]