Zero Gravity Research Facility (b-2)
United States historic place in Cleveland, Ohio. Added to the National Register in 1985, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Zero Gravity Research Facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center, in Cleveland, Ohio, is a unique facility designed to perform tests in a reduced gravity environment. It has successfully supported research for United States crewed spacecraft programs and numerous uncrewed projects. The facility uses vertical drop tests in a vacuum chamber to investigate the behavior of systems, components, liquids, gases, and combustion in microgravity.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH |
| County | Cuyahoga County |
| Listed | Oct 3, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85002801 |
| Type of place | drop tube |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH |
| Coordinates | 41.41221, -81.86396 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Cuyahoga Valley National Park · 18 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Cuyahoga Valley National Park Picnic Shelters 22 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 85002801. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.