Lewis Research Center, Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, Ohio. County/parish: Erie.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 03, 1985. NRIS 85002802.
3 contributing buildings. 4 contributing structures.
The Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility, now known as the In-Space Propulsion Facility, is (according to NASA), the "world’s only facility capable of testing full-scale upper-stage launch vehicles and rocket engines under simulated high-altitude conditions." The facility, located at NASA's Plum Brook Station of the Glenn Research Center near Sandusky, Ohio, was built in 1968. Its first major use was for testing stages of the Centaur Rocket, which was used to launch some of America's most important space probes. The facility was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986467