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Plum Brook Station is our 6400-acre remote test installation site near Sandusky, Ohio, that is home to four unique, world-class test facilities.
Image of Plum Brook Station's Hypersonic Tunnel Facility (HTF)
Image of Plum Brook Station's Space Power Facility (SPF)
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Space Power Facility (SPF)
Home of the world's largest space environment simulation chamber, the facility has tested parts of rockets, Mars landers and space stations.
Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility (B-2)
This is the world's only test facility capable of full-scale rocket engine firings and launch vehicle system level tests at high-altitude conditions.
Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site)
This smaller space-environment test chamber allows safe, large-scale experiments using super-cold liquid hydrogen. Together with the CCL facility, these facilities compose the Cryogenic Test Complex at Plum Brook Station
Cryogenic Components Laboratory (CCL)
A new, state-of-the-art facility for research, development and qualification of cryogenic materials, components and systems. Together with the K-Site facility, these facilities compose the Cryogenic Test Complex at Plum Brook Station
Hypersonic Tunnel Facility (HTF)
A unique wind tunnel designed to test air-breathing propulsion systems at speeds exceeding 5 times the speed of sound.
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World's Largest Vacuum Chamber to Test Orion
Before Orion carries the next generation of explorers into space, it must withstand rigorous tests in the world's largest vacuum chamber.
Sailing on Sunbeams
NASA tests solar sails, the propulsion system of the future, at Plum Brook Station.
NASA Glenn's Space Power Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, contains the world's largest space simulation chamber. Measuring 100' in diameter and 122' high, it was ideal for testing the Mars lander systems and International Space Station hardware.
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