RETF Historic Documents
Collection of links to PDFs of historical documents, reference material, and technical reports related to the Rocket Engine Test Facility’s (RETF) history, testing, and historical mitigation.
NASA Glenn Research Center
Historic Documents
Rocket Engine Test Facility
RETF Historic Landmark Materials
- Man In Space Historic Landmark Theme Study (1984)
- RETF National Historic Landmark
- Man In Space Landmark Theme Study
- Facilities Named Historic Landmarks (1986)
- National Historic Landmark Nomination
- RETF National Historic Landmark Listing (1984)
- RETF Ohio Historic Inventory Form (1996)
Facility Overviews
- Ideas Into Hardware: History of the Rocket Engine Test Facility at NASA Glenn Research Center
- RETF Contextual HAER Report (2003)
- RETF Specifications (1954)
- RETF Facility Articles (1979-89)
- RETF Facility Modifications (1952-68)
- RETF Complex Description (1984)
- RETF Technical Resume (c1966)
- RETF Key Facility Report (c1981)
- RETF Significant Assets List (1997)
Facility Components
- Test Cell Building Drawings (2003)
- RETF Test Stand A Specs (1984)
- RETF Test Stand B Specs (1985)
- Test Stand Diagram
- Rocket Exhaust Flow Chart (2003)
- Scrubber Descriptive Chart (2003)
- Propellant and Gas Supply Systems Specs (1956)
- Propellant Transfer and Storage Chart (2003)
- Propellant Transfer and Storage HAER Report (2003)
- Rocket Reactant Flow Chart (2003)
- Rocket Operations Building Charts (2003)
- Blockhouse Overview Chart (2003)
- Cryogenic Vaporizer Chart (2003)
Construction
- RETF Design Meetings (1952-54)
- RETF Design Specifications (1954)
- RETF Groundbreaking press release (1955)
- RETF Construction articles (1955-58)
- RETF Operation Bldg Location (1955)
Contextual Reference
- Engines and Innovation: Lewis and American Propulsion Technology
- Bringing the Future Within Reach—Celebrating 75 Years of NASA Glenn
- NASA Glenn’s Historical Timeline
- NACA Lewis 1957 Transformation (2017)
- Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket
- Unconventional Cryogenics from Stages to Saturn
- Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel (1945-1959)
- NACA High Energy Propellant Research in 1950s (1971)
Rocket Propellant Research
- NACA Conference on Fuels (1948)
- Rocket Research Inspection Talk (1949)
- Theoretical Performance of Some Rocket Propellants (1948)
- Liquid Hydrogen as a Jet Fuel (1955)
- High Energy Rocket Propellants talk (1957)
- Advanced Chemical Rockets Inspection Talk (1966)
- Beginner’s Guide to Rockets Rocket Propulsion
RETF Testing Reports
- RETF Testing Articles (1971-1992)
- Combustion Chamber Life Technology Program (1974)
- Performance of Gaseous Hydrogen and Liquid Hydrogen in 20k Engine (1959)
- Experiments with Hydrogen and Oxygen in Regenerative Engines (1960)
- Effect of Injector Face Configurations on Screech (1966)
- Chamber Shape Effects on Combustion Instability (1967)
- Effect of Propellant Injection Velocity on Screech (1966)
- Investigation of Acoustic Liners to Suppress Screech (1966)
- Evaluation of Screech Suppression Concepts (1967)
- Summary of Liquid Rocket Acoustic Instability Studies (1968)
- M-1 Injector Development (1968)
- M-1 Subscale Injector Tests (1967)
- Injector Element Detail Effects on Screech (1974)
- Fatigue Life Investigation of Cylindrical Thrust Chambers (1977)
- Investigation of Ceramic Coatings on Thrust Chamber Life (1978)
- Investigation of High-Aspect-Ratio Cooling Passages (1992)
- LOX Cooling of Hydrocarbon Fueled Thrust Chambers (1986)
- High-Pressure Chamber Test of LOX/RP-1 Combustion (1988)
- LOX Cooling of Hydrocarbon Fueled Thrust Chambers (1989)
- Low Cost Rocket Engine Demonstration Completed
- Low-Cost Booster and Orbit Injection Propulsion (1995)
- Pintle Injector Program description (1990s)
RETF Staff
- William Goette Interview (2004)
- Ned Hannum Interview (2003)
- Edward Krawczonek Interview (2003)
- Eugene Krawczonek Interview (2003)
- George Repas Interview (2003)
- Richard Quentmeyer Interview (2003)
- William Tomazic Interview (2003)
- Bewley and Wingenfeld Interview (2003)
Airport Expansion
- Airport Expansion Aerial Images
- Airport Expansion articles (1992-2004)
- Airport Expansion Open House (2000)
- South 40 Facilities Relocation Report (1999)
- Green Propellant Capabilities of Altitude Combustion Stand (2016)
Mitigation Work
- RETF Historical Mitigation Agreement (2000)
- NASA-FAA-SHPO Agreement re RETF (2000)
- RETF Mitigation Scope of Work (2001)
- RETF Contextual HAER Report (2003)
- Rocket Operations Building HAER Report (2003)
- Test Cell Building HAER Report (2003)
- Propellant Transfer and Storage HAER Report (2003)
- Cryogenic Vaporizer Facility HAER Report (2003)
- Blockhouse HAER Report (2003)
- RETF Nation Trust Award Application (2006)
- RETF Documentation Credits
- RETF Artifact Inventory (2002)
- RETF Artifact Photographs
- RETF Interactive Exhibit Plans (2004)
- Photographs of RETF Exhibit
- RETF Exhibit Web Feature
- RETF Original Website PDF
Additional Information on the Rocket Engine Test Facility
Glenn History and Mitigation
Glenn Historic Facilities
This collection of webpages documents some of the historic facilities formerly located at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Glenn Historic Preservation
NASA Glenn has worked with the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office to mitigate the loss of some of its historic facilities.
Glenn History Office
The NASA Glenn History Office documents the research, facilities, and people who have contributed to the center’s extensive history and manages the Glenn History Collection.