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Phase I:
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Phase II:
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Wind Tunnels

Engine Development

Engine Test Stands

Rocket Testing

Rockets

Launch Pads

Apollo Training

Apollo Hardware Testing

Unmanned Spacecraft Testing

Tracking Stations

Mission Control Centers

Other Support

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Rocket Engine Test Stands


Propulsion and Structural Test Facility

Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
Aerial view of MSFC Shuttle Test Facilities showing location of Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, 1982.
(Courtesy of NASA, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Facilities Office)

Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
Exterior view prior to transfer of facility to NASA, 1980.
(Courtesy of NASA, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Facilities Office)

Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
Exterior view of Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, 1971.
(Courtesy of NASA, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Facilities Office)

Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
Exterior view of west side of Facility used for Solid Rocket Booster Testing, 1984.
(Courtesy of NASA, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Facilities Office)

Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
Interior view of Solid Rocket Booster Structural Testing, 1984.
(Courtesy of NASA, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Facilities Office)

Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
Exterior view of East Test position with Saturn Stage in foreground, 1984.
(Courtesy of NASA, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Facilities Office)


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