Meteor Impact Model in the new Space Power Chambers
S-65 Meteor Impact Model set up in the former Altitude Wind Tunnel at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center just days after the September 12, 1962 rededication of the fa... More
Dome Added to the Space Power Chambers for the Centaur Rocket
This 22.5-foot-diameter domed lid was added to the Space Power Chambers to allow the vertical installation of a Centaur second-stage rocket into the vacuum tank at the National Aeronautics and Space Administrat... More
Inspection of the Vacuum Chamber Dome at the Space Power Chambers
Engineers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center inspect the nitrogen baffle in the interior of the 22.5-foot diameter dome at the Space Power Chambers. In 1961 NASA L... More
Shroud for the Surveyor Spacecraft in the Space Power Chambers
Researchers prepare a Centaur-Surveyor nose cone shroud for a separation test in the Space Power Chambers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. Lewis was in the mids... More
Centaur 6A Rocket in the Space Power Chambers Shop Area
A researcher prepares a Centaur 6A second-stage rocket for a series of tests in the Space Power Chambers’ vacuum tank at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. Lewis was... More
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-1 Shroud Test in Space Power Chamber...
Preparations for a shroud jettison test for the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-1 (OAO-1) satellite in the Space Power Chambers facility at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Resea... More
Atlas-Centaur Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Shroud Test
Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center conducted a series of shroud jettison tests for the second Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2) in the Space Po... More
Space Power Chambers - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.
(C-2007-02581): This aerial view shows the final configuration of the Space Power Chambers. The domed hatch on Chamber Number 1 is visible at the upper left. An electrical substation and the Icing Research Tu... More