NASA’s new $57 million Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia marks the agency’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years.

NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to test the

On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials opened NASA's first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years, the Flight