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White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is a rocket engine test facility and a resource for testing and evaluating potentially hazardous materials, space flight components, and rocket propulsion systems. These services are available to NASA, the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, universities, and commercial industry. WSTF is managed by the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Image File history File links Wikitext. ...
Rocket firing at the WSTF A Rocket engine test facility is a location where rocket engines may be tested on the ground, under controlled conditions. ...
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An aerial view of the complete Johnson Space Center facility of Houston in 1989. ...
Rocket Propulsion The primary mission of WSTF is to support NASA's Space Shuttle and Space Station Programs. As the official Johnson Space Center (JSC) Propulsion Systems Development Facility, WSTF's rocket propulsion program is a leader in propulsion systems testing, with unique test expertise in hypergolic propellant handling and training, and is the Shuttle Fleet Leader for testing orbital maneuvering and reaction control subsystems. NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ...
The International Space Station in 2007 A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live in outer space. ...
Hypergolic rocket fuels spontaneously ignite when their two components come into contact with each other. ...
Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials The engineers, chemists, and scientists in WSTF laboratories conduct testing of hazardous materials and propellants, air quality, aerospace hardware and ground support equipment, and all materials used in space flight. Standard Testing for ASTM and NASA, as well as ignition and flammability testing is routinely performed.
Hazards Assessment WSTF laboratory facilities conduct hazardous fluid assessment, hypervelocity tests, and explosive hazard assessment. The High Energy Blast Facility performs explosive testing with solid, cryogenic, hypergolic propellants, and other high explosives.
Oxygen Systems Oxygen compatibility is a critical issue in space, aircraft, medical, and industrial applications. At WSTF, researchers investigate the effects of increased oxygen concentration on the ignition and burning of materials and components used in these applications. Hazards analyses are performed on materials, components, and systems; and failure analyses determine the cause of fires. Training courses about design and operation of safe oxygen systems are provided by WSTF personnel under the auspices of ASTM.
Space Flight Hardware The Propulsion Component Test Facility at WSTF is an Orbiter and International Space Station Depot Repair Facility. Flight hardware assembly, repair, and acceptance testing for private aerospace manufacturers is performed. WSTF refurbishes hypergolic propellant components for the Space Shuttle, handle advanced pyrovalve testing at two laboratory facilities, and perform failure investigations.
Launch and Landing Support White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) is the primary training area for Space Shuttle pilots flying practice approaches and landings in the shuttle-training aircraft and T-38 aircraft. Runways, navigational aids, runway lighting, and control facilities continuously stand ready as a backup Shuttle landing site.[1] White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds is located in Otero County, New Mexico, mostly in the Tularosa Basin, a valley between the Organ Mountains, San Andres Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains of the U.S. state of New Mexico, it includes the northern...
References About White Sands Test Facility. NASA. - ^ White Sands Space Harbor. NASA.
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