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NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests

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NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests

NASA · Official source · Oct 2, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

Groundbreaking tests at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, are paving the way for new wind tunnel capabilities for designing the aircraft technologies of the future. In a first-of-its-kind test in NASA Langley’s Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, researchers used unsteady Pressure Sensitive Paint to study how air flows around a standard wind…