BREAKING: NASA has revealed new details about wind-tunnel testing of SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 booster, which will launch Starship HLS for future Artemis missions.
A 1.2% scale model was tested at NASA Ames at speeds ranging from Mach 0.2 to Mach 2.5. The tests measured aerodynamic forces, buffeting and vibrations during re-entry to improve flight guidance and structural-load analysis.