Lunar Landing Research Facility

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lunar Landing Research Facility
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= Hampton, Virginia
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 6
lat_seconds = 8
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 23
long_seconds = 23
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1965
architect= NASA
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= October 03, 1985cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1925&ResourceType=Structure
title=Lunar Landing Research Facility |accessdate=2008-06-26|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 03, 1985
governing_body = NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION
refnum=85002808cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] In 1965, Langley Research Center opened the Lunar Landing Research Facility for simulations of moon landings with a mock Apollo Lunar Module suspended from a crane over a simulated lunar landscape.

To learn lunar landing techniques, astronauts practiced in the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV), a flying vehicle that simulated the Lunar Module on earth. A convert|200|ft|m|sing=on-tall, convert|400|ft|m|sing=on-long gantry structure was constructed at NASA Langley Research Center; the LLRV was suspended in this structure from a crane, and "piloted" by moving the crane.

The facility is now known as the Impact Dynamics Research Facility and is used for aircraft crash tests.

The site is a National Historic Landmark.

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External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/ Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]