To support NASA's space missions, Marshall has developed extensive expertise and facilities to ensure the structural integrity of its spacecraft and to understand the aerodynamic and aerothermal forces involved in launch, flight, and reentry. These capabilities offer extensive benefits to manufacturers of automobiles, aircraft, bridges, buildings, marine craft, and transportation equipment. The Marshall Hot Gas Facility is a nominal Mach 4 aerothermal wind tunnel that burns a lean mixture of air and gaseous hydrogen. The HGF is capable of providing combined radiant and convective heating. Test specimen substrate cooling to cryogenic conditions can be provided.
Infrared data is available upon request.
The Environmental Test Facility Team provides simulated environments for development, qualification, acceptance and research testing of space flight hardware. The facility provides the capability for thermal vacuum, vacuum bakeout, optical cleanliness bakeout, thermal humidity and thermal altitude environmental testing.