Space Launch System booster separation test in wind tunnel

Wind tunnel tests using SLS models at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

Engineers conducted several wind tunnel tests using SLS models at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

Technicians used a distinct pink pressure-sensitive paint for some of the testing to understand the aerodynamic forces the rocket may experience on the launch pad and during flight.