Title

John Becker with the 11-inch Hypersonic Tunnel, Langley Research Center, Virginia, USA, 1950. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

John Becker with the 11-inch Hypersonic Tunnel, Langley Research Center, Virginia, USA, 1950. American engineer John V. Becker helped lead some of America's most important early research into ultra-high-speed flight. This photo show the large expansion from the nozzle throat - a barely visible slit - to the test section needed to generate hypersonic speeds. The expansion contour had to be precisely machined for the tunnel to function well.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM21B20_280

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No

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Rights managed

Available size

17,3Mb (743,5Kb) / 10,2in x 6,6in / 3072 x 1970 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male speed job technology man men engineering engineer country flight space exploration guy occupation research scientist location century profession aviation concept B&W space exploration space travel NASA fifties research and development 1950s United States of America aeronautics black & white black and white B W r&d 20th century Langley Research Center supersonic American America USA decade photograph united states Unknown John National Aeronautics and Space Administration Becker mechanical engineering Heritage Space NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration John V. Becker John V. John Becker