Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. County/parish: Prince George's.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 03, 1985. NRIS 85002811.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Spacecraft Magnetic Test Facility, also known historically as the Attitude Control Test Facility, is an experimental spacecraft test facility at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1966 to allow the evaluation of magnetic movement in crewed and uncrewed spacecraft, and for the precision calibration of magnetometers used in space flight. The building is constructed of non-magnetic materials and contains a magnetic coil system that allows the cancellation of the Earth's magnetic field. This unique building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
The facility is currently managed by the Goddard Mechanical Systems Division.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106775975