NASA - NASA Glenn Research Center

Plum Brook Station Facilities

Space Power Facility (SPF) →

Home of the world's largest space environment simulation chamber, the facility has tested parts of rockets, Mars landers and space stations.
Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility (B-2) →

This is the world's only test facility capable of full-scale rocket engine firings and launch vehicle system level tests at high-altitude conditions.
Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site) →

This smaller space-environment test chamber allows safe, large-scale experiments using super-cold liquid hydrogen. Together with the CCL facility, these facilities compose the Cryogenic Test Complex.
Cryogenic Components Laboratory (CCL) →

A new, state-of-the-art facility for research, development and qualification of cryogenic materials, components and systems. Together with the K-Site facility, these facilities compose the Cryogenic Test Complex.
Hypersonic Tunnel Facility (HTF) →

A unique wind tunnel designed to test air-breathing propulsion systems at speeds exceeding 5 times the speed of sound.

World's Largest Vacuum Chamber to Test Orion

06.19.07 - Before Orion carries the next generation of explorers into space, it must withstand rigorous tests in the world's largest vacuum chamber.
Sailing on Sunbeams

05.13.05 - NASA tests solar sails, the propulsion system of the future, at Plum Brook Station.