March 21, 2022
Academy cadets team up with Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research to improve hypersonic systems
Cadets 1st Class Sean Adams and Peter Garlisi prepare the Mach 6 Ludwieg Tube to test boundary layer transition - BOLT - geometry in the Air Force Academy's aeronautic lab, March 16, 2022. NASA reached out to the Academy in 2021 for the institution's support of a series of BOLT tests. (U.S. Air Force photo) By U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Researchers at the Air Force Academy and the service’s Office of Scientific Research say an experimental rocket launch will help the Air Force design air and space craft better able to withstand...
