Interior of the 20-foot diameter vacuum tank at the NASA Lewis Research Center’s Electric Propulsion Laboratory. The Electric Propulsion Laboratory, which began operation in 1961, contained two large vacuum tanks capable of simulating a space environment. The tanks were designed especially for testing ion and plasma thrusters and spacecraft. The larger 25-foot diameter tank included […]
Category:
Glenn History
Posted on
August 8, 2024
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
21
38
6
1
4
2
29
4
2
1
7
6
1
5
1
280
233
1
10
69
1
62
133
17
1
33
12
10
22
10
7
3
2
18
4
5
34
11
10
18
1
3
27
19
9
113
14
1
1
55
11
4
1
1
386
41
26
1
15
19
37
6
661
48
13
221
6
3
8
7
18
1
1
13
1
17
2
6
1
6
1
170
41
17
1
3
1
46
10
112
1
152
29
202
3
107
1
13
3
67
36
105
11
3
1
6
299
210
46
2
30
1
54
4
46
2
11
2
1
3
2
1
1
10
1
30
45
5
1
159
1
2
2
95
371
3
13
114
13
141
51
14
1
4
14
2
20
3
1
3
1
3
1
187
136
1
100
14
2
1
7
3
1
1
17
14
1
10
21
2
6
1
388
10
361
1
17
405
11
2
1
45
34
3
3
3
1
58
1
2
Blog Posts
APOD: 2026 September 24 – The Ghosts of Five Supernovas
September 24, 2026
Cloudy Cloak Over the Northwest
September 24, 2026
NASA Modernizes Commercial Airline Systems
September 24, 2026