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NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : 64-Lewis-4
Date : 01/01/1961

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

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  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: digital

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