| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
| Image # : |
64-Lewis-4 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1961
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Title
Flying Saucer? Aliens?
Full Description
No, it's not a flying saucer, it is the domed top to a 70 foot long vacuum
tank at the Lewis Research Center's Electric Propulsion Laboratory,
Cleveland, Ohio. The three technicians shown here in protective
clothing had just emerged from within the tank where they had been
cleaning in the toxic mercury atmosphere, left after ion engine testing
in the tank. Lewis has since been renamed the John H. Glenn Research Center.
Keywords
Lewis Research Center Ion Propulsion Electric Laboratory
Subject Category
Rocket Propulsion,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
64-Lewis-4
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001993
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: digital
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