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	+ GRC Home The Electric Propulsion Research Building (EPRB) supports research in the areas of electric propulsion, spacecraft power, and space environmental effects at the component and conceptual levels. + Learn More...		View a NASA Glenn Research Facility 1'x1' Supersonic Wind Tunnel 2.2 Second Drop Tower 8'x6' Supersonic Wind Tunnel 9'x15' Low Speed Wind Tunnel 10'x10' Abe Silverstein Supersonic Wind Tunnel Acoustical Testing Laboratory Advanced Computational Concepts Lab Advanced Subsonic Combustion Rig Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory Cryogenic Components Laboratory Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility Electromagnetic Interference Laboratory Electric Propulsion Laboratory Electric Propulsion Research Building Engine Components Research Laboratory Engine Research Building Flight Research Building GRUVE Laboratory GVIS Laboratory Heated Tube Facility Hypersonic Tunnel Facility Icing Research Tunnel Microgravity Emissions Laboratory Power Systems Facility Propulsion Systems Laboratory Research Combustion Laboratory Small Multi-Purpose Research Facility Space Power Facility Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility Structural Dynamics Laboratory Structural Static Laboratory Zero Gravity Research Facility NASA Glenn Research Facilities View the complete list of all major facilities at GRC. + View Facility Listing NASA Glenn Research Center - Aero and Space Test Facilities Booklet (PDF - 2.2 MB) + View PDF Document Space and Aero Ground Test Facilities and Capabilities Charts (PDF) + View Space Test Capabilites Chart + View Aero Test Capabilites Chart Interested in testing in a NASA facility? NASA Glenn Research Center provides ground test facilities to industry, government, and academia. + Learn more Glenn Space Science Hardware to Fly The Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR) will be used to perform fluid physics experiments in space. + Read More Ares I-X Stability Tests Planned The first flight test of NASA's new rocket configuration will take place later this year. + Read More Hubble Receives New Insulating Blankets Goddard and Glenn researchers deliver a new blanket of protection for the Hubble Telescope. + Read More World's Largest Vacuum Chamber Makeover An acoustic chamber and vibration test stand are being constructed adjacent to the SPF. + Read More Station Hardware & Experiments to Launch Two major pieces of hardware designed and built at GRC are headed for the International Space Station. + Read More Ares I-X Flight Hardware Ships to KSC Components for NASA's first test flight have been moved to Kennedy Space Center. + Read More S-3 to Perform Aviation Safety Research NASA Glenn has added a new aircraft to aid in aviation safety research. + Read More GRC Vacuum Chamber to Test Orion NASA Glenn's Space Power Facility to perform environmental testing on complete spacecraft. + Read More GRC Contributions to Mars Rovers NASA used Glenn's Space Power Facility to test airbag and solar array performance. + Read More Wind Tunnel Tests Support Shuttle Safety NASA Glenn performed wind tunnel tests to help verify that the space shuttle can fly safely. + Read More Research Combustion Laboratory Providing 60 years of research of fuels, ignition, and combustion methods. + View the fact sheet (PDF) Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) One of the world's largest refrigerated wind tunnels dedicated to aircraft icing. + View the fact sheet (PDF) Time-lapse of construction activities at the Space Power Facility. + View Video View a Flash Gallery of facility images from 2008 + View Flash Gallery Propulsion & Cryogenic Advanced Development (PCAD) Thruster + View Enlargement + View Facilities Gallery Page
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