REFT website

The Historic Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF)
Lessons

The Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) was instrumental in NASA’s foray into space. The following pages include:

History and Significance: about the RETF and the significant experiments and research that took place there.
Rocket Engine Testing: which takes you through the basics of a rocket and explains the story of how a test was run at the RETF.
Rocket Engine Scrubbing: whch explains how the rocket exhausts was cleaned.
Rocket Test Components: which shows how combinations of different combinations of components could effect the operations of the rockets.
RETF Buildings & Structures: a plan of the buildings in the RETF and an explanation of how they worked together.
The Quiz: where you can test what you've learned.

Web Curator: history@grc.nasa.gov
Responsible NASA Official: Kevin P. Coleman