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White Sands Test Facility

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Silos located at White Sands Test Facility
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At Northrup Strip at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, astronauts Jack R. Lousma, left, and C. Gordon...
Astronauts Jack Lousma and C. Gordon Fullerton stand at a podium on a stage set up at White Sands Missile Range to address a crowd that has come to greet them on their return from STS-3
Orion’s Service Module Completes Critical Propulsion Test
Flammability engineers evaluating posttest flammability samples
White Sands Test Facilities has over 40 years of experience with blast and fragmentation analysis
Our expertise with NASA spacecraft and space flight item disassembly, cleaning, re-assembly, and testing make us the leaders
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WSTF TS 401
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Test Stand 406
COPV testing can be carried out in any of the cryogenic, thermal conditioned, or vacuum chambers at White Sands Test Facility.
WSTF TS 302
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White Sands Test Facility
Orion’s European-built service module main engine for flight has been refurbished and acceptance tested at WSTF.
Test team during last firing of OMS Fleet Lead (OFL30) at Test Stand #403, James Nunez, Mike Barrett, Bryan Evans,
Engineers monitor a propulsion system test.
Snow photos of Hypervelocity 272 Area, 300 & 400 Test Stands & 800 Hazardous Fluids Area. A vacuum test stand...
A vacuum test stand with a rare snow fall in the foothills behind the Propulsion Test Area.
Our Propulsion Test Area houses numerous vacuum and ambient test stands.
Our test team works with our customers to set up a test in our Pathfinder Test Bed.
Test firing of a propulsion engine
Technicians prepare a sample exposed to liquid oxygen (LOX) for mechanical impact testing.
Our Engineers evaluate a valve.
Ariel view of White Sands test Facility
Technicians verify proper clearance and secure cable bundles on a completed propulsion engine.
Our workforce carefully installs a test system into one of our propulsion test stands.
Our technicians assure the cleanliness of every item.
Composite Pressure Systems testing
Dual fire of LOX Methane 870 lb (395 kg) Reaction Control Engine.
An eddy current probe fixture is used to evaluate a thruster part.
Our 3D imaging equipment provides extremely accurate, high resolution digitized information of object surfaces.
A Kevlar composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) is set up for Infrared (IR) thermography testing.