NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field (Brook Park)

USA / Ohio / Fairview Park / Brook Park
 science, lab, NASA
www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/home/index.html

Glenn is a NASA research center, whose primary mission is to develop science and technology for use in aeronautics and space. On May 13, 2006, it was announced that NASA Glenn Research Center had secured management of the Crew Exploration Vehicle's service module, which promises to generate billions of dollars and hundreds of jobs for the center, which will control management and budgeting for the project. This work will secure the center's future in the near term, and signals a shift in priority for the center from aeronautical research to space exploration.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Research_Center
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Coordinates:   41°24'44"N   81°51'48"W

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  • NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) was founded in 1941. Formerly known as the Lewis Research Center, the formal name today is John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field. GRC is NASA's main center for research, technology and development of aircraft propulsion, space propulsion, space power and satellite communications. GRC oversees the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite through its master control station. GRC handles propulsion technology development for NASA's High Speed Research Program. GRC's Microgravity Science Division -- formerly known as the Microgravity Materials Science Laboratory -- specializes in microgravity experiments in combustion and fluid physics as well as measurement and analysis of the microgravity environment. NASA's Atlas and Centaur launch activities are managed by GRC. Rockets are not launched from Cleveland. The center develops critical technologies that address national priorities for safe and reliable aeronautics, aerospace, and space applications.
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