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Neil Armstrong Test Facility

NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility is a remote campus of Glenn Research Center. Situated on 6,700 acres in Sandusky, Ohio, it is home to some of the world’s largest and most capable space simulation test facilities, where ground tests are conducted for the U.S. and international space and aeronautics communities.

Space Environments Complex at Neil A. Armstron Test Facility (Formerly Plum Brook Station).
Space Environments Complex at Neil A. Armstron Test Facility (Formerly Plum Brook Station).
MARS PATHFINDER PROJECT TEST CONFIGURATION IN THE SPACE POWER FACILITY (SPF) NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
Installation of the Orion spacecraft in the Space Environment Complex’s vacuum chamber in December 2019. The framework around the vehicle...
Orion spacecraft in vacuum chamber with scaffolding around it.
Orion Spaceraft transport to Plum Brook Station for testing in the SEC facility
Aerial view of the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, with a truck carrying Orion Spacecraft visible in the foreground approaching the facility.
On the final day of the event, the group visited Plum Brook Station and heard about the upcoming Orion environmental...
Man facing camera and giving the peace sign outside a NASA vacuum chamber.
Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Arrival at Mansfield Lahm Airport, Transportation to Plum Brook Station and Installation in the...
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft, wrapped up for shipping, is carefully aligned for loading into the agency’s Super Guppy aircraft at the...
NASA?s Orion spacecraft, wrapped up for shipping, is carefully aligned for loading into the agency?s Super Guppy aircraft.
A fit check of the Orion Crew and Service Module Horizontal Transporter (CHT) with NASA's Super Guppy aircraft is underway...
Fit check of the Orion horizontal transporter fixture in NASA's Super Guppy aircraft at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A fit check of the Orion Crew and Service Module Horizontal Transporter (CHT) with NASA's Super Guppy aircraft is underway...
The Orion horizontal transporter is fit-checked with the NASA Super Guppy aircraft at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A fit check of the Orion Crew and Service Module Horizontal Transporter (CHT) with NASA's Super Guppy aircraft began March...
Fit check of the Orion Crew and Service Module Horizontal Transporter with NASA's Super Guppy aircraft began March 12, 2019.
Plum Brook B-2 facility
Plum Brook Station
Bryan Palaszewski, a rocket scientist, demonstrates propulsion to a crowd of visitors at Glenn’s 2008 open house.
Space Environments Complex at NASA's Glenn Research Center, Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility
Combined Effects Chamber at NASA's Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio
Combined Effects Chamber at NASA's Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio
The NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) facility in Sandusky, Ohio
The Propulsion Systems Laboratory exterior at night (9/24/1952).
The Propulsion Systems Laboratory exterior at night (9/24/1952).
High level view of Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Departure at the Space Environments Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility
The airbags are seen impacting a rock-covered board that could be adjusted to simulate various impact angles.
The Mars Pathfinder Project's test configuration in the Space Power Facility (SPF) at NASA's Plum Brook Station. The Mars Pathfinder airbags were tested inside the Space Environments Complex vacuum chamber in 1995.
Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar Flares (GRIPS) Test Hardware at NASA's Neil Armstrong Test Facility. In-Space Propulsion Facility. formerly B-2 Facility.
Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar Flares (GRIPS) Test Hardware at NASA's Neil Armstrong Test Facility. In-Space Propulsion Facility. formerly B-2 Facility.
The facility that houses the world’s most powerful space simulation chambers has now been named for the world’s most famous...
Commemorative marker is unveiled with surrounding dignitaries watching.
The SHIIVER tank sits inside the In-Space Propulsion Facility’s vacuum chamber at NASA’s Plum Brook Station. The tank was subjected...
The SHIIVER tank sits inside the In-Space Propulsion Facility’s vacuum chamber at NASA’s Plum Brook Station.