The NASA Glenn Research Center’s (GRC’s) Plum Brook Station has a complement of unique, highly capable facilities that can test space flight hardware ranging from development testing at the component, subsystem and system levels up to environmental qualification of very large spacecraft and extraterrestrial surface systems. The facilities can simulate the conditions of free space or the surfaces of the Moon or Mars, including atmospheric pressure and content, temperature and day/night cycles. This paper presents information on the facilities at the Plum Brook Station as they apply to the development of space systems that support the Vision for Space Exploration, and cites specific examples of testing to illustrate those capabilities.


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    Title :

    Where Space Comes Down to Earth: Test Facilities for Exploration Systems



    Conference:

    SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM-STAIF 2007: 11th Conf Thermophys.Applic.in Micrograv.; 24th Symp Space Nucl.Pwr.Propulsion; 5th Conf Hum/Robotic Techn & Vision Space Explor.; 5th Symp Space Coloniz.; 4th Symp New Frontrs & Future Con ; 2007 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 880 , 1 ; 769-776


    Publication date :

    2007-01-30


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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