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Testing Liquid Hydrogen Rocket Engines at the Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF), is a traveling exhibit that explores the history of the United States’ first test facility dedicated to research on high-energy rocket fuels. The exhibit is now available for loan to museums and science centers. (Other venues and community groups should visit NASA Glenn Research Center’s overall Traveling Exhibits (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/html/exhibits.htm) page for details about other exhibits.) Developed by the NASA Glenn Research Center, Hardlines Design Company, and Lucarelli Designs & Displays, this interactive exhibit explores the use of Liquid Hydrogen propellants in rocket engines, the impact that the RETF had on the Space Race, and enables students to develop and test their own rocket engine.
Three computer monitors run interactive lessons while a five-minute video plays in the background. Actual control boards are incorporated into the wall displays and a free-standing control panel. Visitors can pick up one of two a telephone s used at RETF and hear two a rocket engineer s describe some of the key research that was accomplished at the RETF. A scale model of a liquid FLOX-Methane (Liquid Flourine and Liquid Oxygen) rocket E engine show a typical engine that was tested at RETF. A plug-engine assembly shows a typical piece of rocketry that was tested at RETF during the 1970s.
The following pages contain descriptions about the displays, the texts of the museum display, and information about how you can request the exhibit for display in your town.
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