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Photos: Space capsules under pressure

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  • Up close with both CEVs

    Up close with both CEVs

    Two small-scale models of crew exploration vehicles, or CEVs, are undergoing extreme testing at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.

    One CEV model is covered with pink, pressure-sensitive paint. It gives constant readings of pressure when inside the wind tunnel. The other measures forces being applied to the model inside the tunnel.

    The research facility was shown off to a group of visitors on March 7, 2006.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • 7 percent model Nickison

    7 percent model Nickison

    Nickison explains the way the 7 percent scale model of the crew exploration vehicle is used for measuring pressure and various environmental forces in the wind tunnel.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • 7 percent model UV

    7 percent model UV

    A 7 percent scale model of the CEV shown in NASA Ames' 11-foot by 11-foot transsonic wind tunnel in the ultraviolet light used to measure pressure on the model.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • CEV model with chipped paint

    CEV model with chipped paint

    A 2.77 percent scale model of a CEV with pressure-sensitive paint has some of the paint chipped off due to intense testing in a wind tunnel.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Shuttle model--front

    Shuttle model--front

    A front view of a model of the space shuttle inside NASA Ames' 9-foot by 7-foot supersonic wind tunnel.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Shuttle model--side

    Shuttle model--side

    A side view of a model of the space shuttle inside NASA Ames' 9-foot by 7-foot supersonic wind tunnel, which can produce wind up to Mach 2.6.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Wind tunnel model

    Wind tunnel model

    A model of NASA Ames' Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels, which were completed in 1956 for $26 million.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Nickison with CEV model

    Nickison with CEV model

    Donald Nickison, chief of the wind tunnel division at the NASA Ames Research Center, talks about the CEV models.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Sarver with CEV models

    Sarver with CEV models

    George Sarver, project manager for the CEV support project, demonstrates the effects of the wind tunnel on the CEV.

    Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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Bill Detwiler

By Bill Detwiler | July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT) | Topic: Innovation

  • Up close with both CEVs
  • 7 percent model Nickison
  • 7 percent model UV
  • CEV model with chipped paint
  • Shuttle model--front
  • Shuttle model--side
  • Wind tunnel model
  • Nickison with CEV model
  • Sarver with CEV models

Models of crew exploration capsules go through the ringer at NASA's Ames Research Center.

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Shuttle model--front

A front view of a model of the space shuttle inside NASA Ames' 9-foot by 7-foot supersonic wind tunnel.

Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:47 GMT (04:47 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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