Rocket Systems Area Image GalleryImage Gallery for the Rocket Systems Area website: www.nasa.gov/rocket-systems-area/. Glenn Research Center's Rocket Systems Area was essential to the development of liquid-hydrogen propulsion systems for rocket engines. The J-5 test chamber, seen here in 2007, was a former Ordnance Works hortonsphere converted into a materials compatibility laboratory.Nearly 40 years without maintenance left E Stand was in very poor condition in 2004.Demolition of the B-1 test stand. The B-3 stand is in the background (9/7/2010).Demolition of the B-1 test stand. The B-3 stand is in the background (9/7/2010).Demolition of the B-3 test stand at Plum Brook Station (9/21/2010).This display was created to document the history of Plum Brook Station, today Armstrong Test Facility, in the early 2000s.Examples of historical materials gathered during the documentation of the Rocket Systems Area."NASA's Hydrogen Outpost: The Rocket Systems Area at Plum Brook Station" focuses on the activities at the Rocket Systems Area,...
