The Zero Gravity Research Facility is a drop-tower testing site at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, established in 1966 to study how systems, components, liquids, gases and combustion behave in microgravity. A test package falls through a 510-foot underground shaft housing a 470-foot vacuum chamber, giving roughly 5.15 seconds of near weightlessness before it lands in a deceleration cart. The facility has supported both crewed spacecraft programs and a large number of uncrewed research projects. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Agency TypeResearch and testing facility (microgravity drop tower) 1 Founded Year HeadquartersNASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 1 In the Other Atlases
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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.
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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.
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