LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – An X-48C experimental aircraft is mounted in a full-scale wind tunnel Aug. 31. Old Dominion University operates the tunnel, which was built in 1930, for clients including NASA, Boeing Co. and the Air Force. The tunnel measures 30 feet by 60 feet and is the largest university-operated wind tunnel in the world. The tunnel provides a controlled test environment to measure aerodynamic forces on vehicles. The university will cease wind tunnel testing Sept. 4, and NASA's Langley Research Center will later dismantle the building because it’s no longer relevant to NASA’s aeronautical research. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – An X-48C experimental aircraft is mounted in a full-scale wind tunnel Aug. 31. Old Dominion University operates the tunnel, which was built in 1930, for clients including NASA, Boeing Co. and the Air Force. The tunnel measures 30 feet by 60 feet and is the largest university-operated wind tunnel in the world. The tunnel provides a controlled test environment to measure aerodynamic forces on vehicles. ODU will cease wind tunnel testing Sept. 4, and NASA's Langley Research Center will later dismantle the building because it’s no longer relevant to NASA’s aeronautical research. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – An X-48C experimental aircraft is mounted in a full-scale wind tunnel here Aug. 31. Old Dominion University operates the tunnel, which was built in 1930, for clients including NASA, Boeing Co. and the U.S. Air Force. The tunnel measures 30x60 feet and is the largest university operated wind tunnel in the world. The tunnel provides a controlled test environment to measure aerodynamic forces on vehicles. ODU will cease wind tunnel testing on Sept. 4, and NASA's Langley Research Center will later dismantle the building because it is no longer strategically important to NASA’s aeronautical research. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Aldridge)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – A full-scale wind tunnel is housed at building 643. Old Dominion University operates the tunnel, which was built in 1930, for clients including NASA, Boeing Co. and the Air Force. The tunnel measures 30 feet by 60 feet and is the largest university-operated wind tunnel in the world. The tunnel provides a controlled test environment to measure aerodynamic forces on vehicles. ODU will cease wind tunnel testing Sept. 4, and NASA's Langley Research Center will later dismantle the building because it’s no longer relevant to NASA’s aeronautical research. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Whit Seay, an Old Dominion University engineer, monitors an X-48C experimental aircraft mounted in a full-scale wind tunnel Sept. 1. The university operates the tunnel, which was built in 1930, for clients including NASA, Boeing Co. and the Air Force. The tunnel measures 30 feet by 60 feet and is the largest university operated wind tunnel in the world. The tunnel provides a controlled test environment to measure aerodynamic forces on vehicles. ODU will cease wind tunnel testing Sept. 4, and NASA's Langley Research Center will later dismantle the building because it’s no longer relevant to NASA’s aeronautical research. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Bob Ash, a professor of aerospace engineering and director of Old Dominion University wind tunnel enterprise, which houses a full-scale wind tunnel, poses for photograph Aug. 31. The university operates the tunnel, which was built in 1930, for clients including NASA, Boeing Co. and the Air Force. The tunnel measures 30x60 feet and is the largest university-operated wind tunnel in the world. The tunnel provides a controlled test environment to measure aerodynamic forces on vehicles. Old Dominion will cease wind tunnel testing Sept. 4, and NASA's Langley Research Center will later dismantle the building because it’s no longer relevant to NASA’s aeronautical research. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)