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Rocket Engine Test Facility Image Gallery

Image Gallery for the Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) website: www.nasa.gov/rocket-engine-test-facility/. The RETF conducted experimental tests of high-energy propellants and rocket engine components that were integral to the U.S. Space Program from 1957 to 1995. The RETF was designated a National Historic Landmark for its contributions to the Apollo Program.

The Rocket Engine Test Facility in the evening on September 12, 1957.
Exterior view of the Rocket Engine Test Facility in the evening.
Test operators run a test in the Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) from the remote control room (5/16/1957).
Two operators in control room.
The RETF test stand going through its final check-out runs (9/6/1957).
Mechanic working on RETF test stand.
The firing of a high-aspect ratio cooled chamber was one of the Rocket Engine Test Facility's (RETF) final runs (6/21/1995).
Engine firing in test stand
Liquid oxygen cooling test in the Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) (2/15/1989).
Engine firing in test stand.
Test firing of a high-aspect-ratio cooling channel copper heat sink in NASA Glenn's Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) in 1995.
Rocket engine firing in test stand.