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Space Power Facility - Test Chamber
The Space Power Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center
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Centaur Standard Shroud Test in the Space Power Facility
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Testing at the Space Power Facility
Summary
The Centaur Standard Shroud at Glenn Research Center's Space Power Facility, Plum Brook Station, protects spacecraft during launch. When it was constructed, the Space Power Facility was the world's largest vacuum chamber. It stands more than 122 feet high, 100 feet in diameter and provides a vacuum environment for the study of space propulsion. Originally commissioned for nuclear-electric propulsion studies, the SPF has been recommissioned for current and future use in the ongoing research and development of space propulsion systems. Image Credit: NASA
NASA Identifier: 473853main_1733
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25/08/2010
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