NASA Glenn Virtual Tours
Get an inside look at NASA Glenn Research Center’s facilities. Select a tour and tap the icons to view videos, images and see testing in action.
![man silhouetted in a blue lit wind tunnel holding an aircraft model for setup](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2016_02306-8x6-wind-tunnel.jpg?w=640)
8 x 6 Supersonic Wind Tunnel
NASA’s only transonic propulsion wind tunnel capable of speeds up to Mach 2.0. (1,260 mph).
![Aircraft engine being testing in the 9 x 15](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GRC-2022-C-04045.jpg?w=1024)
9 x 15 Low Speed Wind Tunnel
The most utilized low-speed propulsion acoustic facility of its kind in the world.
![Advanced Ducted Propulsor (ADP) Fan Commissioning Test (side view) in the 9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (9×15)](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GRC-2015-C-03029-EPPL-1.jpg?w=640)
Electric Propulsion and Power Laboratory
Houses space environment simulation chambers to test electric propulsion and power systems.
![The SHIIVER tank sits inside the In-Space Propulsion Facility’s vacuum chamber at NASA’s Plum Brook Station.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/grc-2019-c-08026.jpg?w=1024)
In-Space Propulsion Facility
Capable of testing full-scale upper-stage launch vehicles and rocket engines.
![Man wears a winter coat, standing inside the Icing Research Tunnel with an instrument to measure the ice buildup on an aircraft component.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/grc_open_irt.jpg?w=819)
Icing Research Tunnel
This refrigerated wind tunnel is used to study the effects of ice on aircraft components.
![inside the lab with the large gas gun barrels.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ballistics_0.jpg?w=1024)
Ballistic Impact Lab
Large gas guns are used to perform ballistic impact tests for aerospace applications.
![Man in blue shirt looks inside an aircraft from the drop-down steps. The aircraft sits in front of a large hangar building.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?w=1024)
Flight Research Building
Houses the T-34C Mentor and Pilatus PC-12NG aircraft used for scientific and aeronautics tests.
![A view of the equipment inside the propulsion systems lab.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GRC-2015-C-02892-PSL.jpg?w=640)
Propulsion Systems Laboratory
Provides true flight simulation for experimental research on air-breathing propulsion systems.
![two vehicles in slope lab with blue lighting for dramatic effect](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SLOPE-00-scaled-1.jpg?w=1024)
Simulated Lunar Operations Lab
A lab used to simulate lunar and Martian terrain conditions to test rovers and other technologies.
![A view of the Orion Spacecraft as it sits inside the Space Environments Complex high bay. A large American flag is hung on the wall along with a poster that reads, "To the Moon and Beyond."](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jsc2022e045942_large.jpg?w=1024)
Space Environments Complex
Houses the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.
![A view inside the drop tower of the zero-gravity facility. A technician wearing a harness and a hard hat prepares a drop experiment.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/5-GRC-2015-C-00637.jpg?w=1024)
Zero-Gravity Facility
World’s largest drop tower used to put experiments in simulated weightlessness.