Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible
19 Feb 2026, 16:31 GMT
By Joseph Atkinson
Topic: Aeronautics
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/award-winning-nasa-camera-revolutionizes-how-we-see-the-invisible/
Imagine trying to photograph wind. That’s similar to what NASA engineers dealt with during a recent effort to study how air moves around planes, rockets, and other kinds of aerospace vehicles. Air is invisible, but our understanding of how it flows is crucial for building better, safer aircraft. For 80 years, researchers used a technique