From moon landings to crash and splash tests

Космос, научная фантастика What is now the Landing Impact and Research Facility at NASA s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. , was built in 1965 to test the lunar landing module, which simulated touchdown procedures for the Apollo moon missions. At 240 feet high and 400 feet long, it looks like a giant steel erector set. It is now used to conduct crash testing of full scale aircraft under controlled conditions and splash testing of space capsule mock ups.