NASA in CLE
NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, designs and develops innovative technology to advance NASA’s missions in aeronautics and space exploration. Glenn’s main campus, Lewis Field, has world-class facilities including wind tunnels, drop towers, vacuum chambers, and a research aircraft hangar.
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Six Things to Know About NASA in Cleveland
NASA’s iconic and internationally recognized logo was designed in Cleveland.
NASA's logo, also called the “meatball,” was designed in 1959 by illustrator James Modarelli. The sphere represents a planet, the stars represent space, and the red wing represents aeronautics.
Every U.S. aircraft has NASA Glenn technology on board.
NASA’s Glenn Research Center is Cleveland conducts revolutionary aeronautics research to help the nation achieve its climate change goals. Glenn also is exploring next-generation supersonic and hypersonic aircraft.
We play an important role in returning astronauts to the Moon.
Every state in America has made a contribution to the success of NASA’s Artemis program, with companies hard at work on innovations that will help establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon.
The world's largest and most powerful space simulation labs are in Ohio.
NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility is a remote campus of Glenn Research Center. Situated on 6,700 acres in Sandusky, Ohio.
NASA Glenn's economic impact in Ohio is more than $2 billion per year.
NASA Glenn contributes more than $2 billion annually to the state’s economy through jobs and business development opportunities.
Glenn scientists are prolific inventors and have more than 725 patents.
NASA technology development supports the nation’s innovation economy by creating solutions for space exploration.
Learn, Discover, and Engage
Visitor Center, Located in Great Lakes Science Center
Open year round, exhibits include the Skylab 3 Apollo Command Module (which traveled 26.5 million miles in space), artifacts from John Glenn’s Friendship 7 mission, a real moon rock, interactive displays, and more.
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Get an inside look at NASA Glenn Research Center’s facilities with our virtual tours.
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