Space Shuttle Wind Tunnel Testing

This 36 percent scale model of the Space Shuttle ( 44 feet long) , photographed above, was fabricated and tested in  Ames 40-foot by 80-foot wind tunnel to identify the influence of the TPS on the orbiters’ low-speed aerodynamics.

Currently this model is displayed in front of the former Ames Visitor Center, Moffett Field, Ca.