A steel vacuum chamber 50 stories deep at NASA’s Glenn Research Center lets researchers simulate near-weightlessness by letting test hardware freefall for 5.18 seconds.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

NASA's Zero Gravity Research Facility

SEP 3, 202519 MIN
Small Steps, Giant Leaps

NASA's Zero Gravity Research Facility

SEP 3, 202519 MIN

Description

A steel vacuum chamber 50 stories deep at NASA’s Glenn Research Center lets researchers simulate near-weightlessness by letting test hardware freefall for 5.18 seconds.