Ohio’s legacy of aviation, astronauts and innovation inspires the next generation of space exploration research.
Advancements made at Cleveland’s NASA Glenn launched Apollo and will propel future missions.
Advancements made by researchers such as propulsion technology and liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen propellant, helped make the Apollo mission possible. Today, NASA Glenn Research Center builds on this legacy as it develops solar electric propulsion systems that will propel the Gateway in orbit around the Moon. Gateway – a temporary home and office for astronauts – enables them to access the entire surface of the Moon.
Ohio’s aviation pioneers inspire the next generation of astronauts.
From the Wright brothers to astronauts John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, Ohio’s roots in aviation run deep. One generation inspiring the next. Today, Ohioans are ready to send the next generation back to the Moon and onto Mars by developing the technology needed to get them there.
Cleveland’s NASA Glenn solved problems 50 years ago to send humans to the Moon. Today, we’re ready to go back to the Moon and eventually Mars.
Researchers at NASA Glenn have solved problems enabling everything from the rocket design that propelled Apollo and the Lunar Module into space to conducting experiments about how liquids and fire behave in microgravity. As NASA moves forward with sustainable lunar exploration, we’re developing exercise equipment and techniques to battle bone loss and muscle atrophy and finding ways to improve air quality for astronauts.
Space on Earth: NASA Glenn facilities let researchers run vehicles, spacecraft through the rigors of space.
From the Apollo program to today, engineers at NASA Glenn have world-class facilities to test, shake, blast and put spacecraft in conditions designed to replicate the stresses of space. Now, at the world’s largest space vacuum chamber, the Orion spacecraft – the backbone of NASA’s deep-space exploration – is tested.
