{"id":569859,"date":"2026-08-01T05:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/569859\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:36:11","slug":"nasas-newest-wind-tunnel-opens-at-nasa-langley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/569859\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/55433508350-2d4abff2f1-o.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55433508350-2d4abff2f1-o.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A group of people in suits stand in front of a massive square building that has two big square openings in it that go all the way through. The people all hold big pairs of scissors, as they wait to cut a red, white, and blue ribbon placed in front of them.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From left to right: Casey Swails, NASA deputy associate administrator; Mike Waller, vice president of BL Harbert International Federal Division; Edward C. Forst, administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Dr. Trina Dyal, director of NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center; Rep. Robert \u201cBobby\u201d Scott (D-Va.); Virginia Lt. Gov. Ghazala F. Hashmi; Jimmy Gray, mayor, City of Hampton; and Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, pose for a photo before cutting the ribbon to open the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, NASA\u2019s newest wind tunnel, Friday, July 31, 2026, at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\/Keegan Barber<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-opens-new-flight-dynamics-research-facility-in-virginia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opened NASA\u2019s first major new wind tunnel<\/a> in more than 40 years, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/armd\/flight-dynamics-research-facility\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flight Dynamics Research Facility<\/a> at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state-of-the-art facility will support research and technology development that will advance the agency\u2019s aeronautics, exploration, and science goals, including establishing a sustained human presence on the lunar surface through the Artemis program and the development of a Moon Base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nasahqphoto\/albums\/72177720334941498\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">See more photos from the ribbon-cutting ceremony.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credit: NASA\/Keegan Barber<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left to right: Casey Swails, NASA deputy associate administrator; Mike Waller, vice president of BL Harbert International&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":["post-569859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}