9x6-Foot Thermal Structures Tunnel
Technicians installing a model of an Apollo command module in the 9- by 6-Foot Thermal Structures Tunnel for tests of possible heat-shield materials. This test program, which also involved rocket flights and other wind tunnels, was known as Project Fire. Note the floor turntable, multiple circular viewing windows, and the marshland visible through the exhaust opening.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 1962-L-08895
Date: November 21, 1962
9x6-Foot Thermal Structures Tunnel
Technicians installing a model of an Apollo command module in the 9- by 6-Foot Thermal Structures Tunnel for tests of possible heat-shield materials. This test program, which also involved rocket flights and other wind tunnels, was known as Project Fire. Note the floor turntable, multiple circular viewing windows, and the marshland visible through the exhaust opening.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 1962-L-08895
Date: November 21, 1962