Ammonia Oxidation Plant at Plum Brook Ordnance Works
An ammonia oxidation plant at the Plum Brook Ordnance Works near Sandusky, Ohio, which later became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Plum Brook Station. During World War II the ordnanc... More
Aerial photographs - Plum Brook Station
Plum Brook Station seen in the context of Sandusky's unique location near Lake Erie. It is in the heart of some of the region's most fertile farmland. However, access to five highways, in addition to its secure... More
Bill Kortier explains reactor to press
Bill Kortier uses a sketch of the reactor facility on the blackboard and an aerial photograph of Plum Brook Station to familiarize reporters attending the March 1961 Media Day with the reactor operations just p... More
Plum Brook: J1-Site, NASA Glenn Research Center
Plum Brook J1 - Site test of a 28,000 pound Nuclear Transfer Copper Engine. This facility is located at Plum Brook Station, John H. Glenn Research Center, formerly, Lewis Research Center.
Representative explaining model of reactor
A Plum Brook representative explains the Plum Brook Reactor Facility to high school students. This model of the reactor building and the hot laboratory was intricately designed, down to the smallest detail mova... More
Hydrogen Tank, NASA Glenn Research Center
Thirteen foot hydrogen tank mounted in K-Site Test Chamber at Plum Brook Station, Lewis Research Center now known as Glenn Research Center.
Skylab Shroud in Plum Brook Space Power Facility
Skylab Shroud installed in the NASA Lewis Research Center's (now known as the Glenn Research Center) Plum Brook Station, Space Power Facility. The shroud protected the upper section of the Skylab space station,... More
Centaur Standard Shroud at SPF Plum Brook
Centaur Standard Shroud in the NASA Lewis Research Center's (now known as the Glenn Research Center) Space Power Facility, Plum Brook Station. The shroud protects the spacecraft during launch. When it was const... More
Dedication of the Mod-0 Wind Turbine at Plum Brook Station
Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) Administrator Robert Seamans addresses the crowd at the dedication ceremony for the Mod-0 100-kilowatt wind turbine at the National Aeronautics and Space Ad... More
A 100-kilowatt wind turbine. NASA public domain image colelction.
(September 28, 1976) Spurred by the energy crisis, NASA, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) installed this 100-kilowatt wind turbine for alternative energy research at Plum Brook. The 100... More
The Space Power Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center
When it was constructed, the Space Power Facility (SPF) 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 p... More
Solar array arc jet plume interaction test at B-2 facility at Plum Bro...
Solar array arc jet plume interaction test at B-2 facility at Plum Brook Station ( PB )
Delta III Rocket Stage Undergoes Testing
Contractors and NASA personnel lower a Delta III B-2 rocket into a test chamber at NASA's Plum Brook Station located at the Lewis Research Center, now John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field.
Morpheus Lander. NASA public domain image colelction.
Public domain photograph of NASA rocket launch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description