Schlieren Supersonic Shock Waves
One of the greatest challenges of the fourth phase of Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights, or AirBOS flight series was...
NASA used a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 aircraft and cameras with a special filter on the ground...
NASA is using a modern version of a 150-year-old German photography technique — schlieren imagery — to visualize supersonic flow...
This schlieren image of a T-38C was captured using the patented Background Oriented Schlieren using Celestial Objects (BOSCO) technique and...
This schlieren image of shock waves created by a T-38C in supersonic flight was captured using the sun’s edge as...
👁 This schlieren image dramatically displays the shock wave of a supersonic jet flying over the Mojave Desert.
A T-38C from the Air Force Test Pilot School served as a target for NASA’s schlieren imaging system.
