Space Environment Simulation Laboratory

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Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

The 2TV-1 Apollo spacecraft in Chamber A 1968
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Location	Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°33′38″N 95°5′17″W / 29.56056°N 95.08806°W / 29.56056; -95.08806
Built	1965
NRHP reference No.	85002810
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1985^[1]
Designated NHL	October 3, 1985^[2]

The Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (SESL) in Building 32 at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center was built in 1965. It initially was used to test Apollo Program spacecraft and equipment in a space environment. It can simulate the vacuum and thermal environments that would be encountered. It consists of two human-rated chambers: A (larger) and B. Chamber A is equipped with a gaseous helium shroud capable of reaching temperatures of -439.9 Fahrenheit (-262.1 Celsius or 11 Kelvin,) and is currently being used to test the James Webb Space Telescope.^[3]

Gallery

A thermal vacuum test of the Apollo A7L spacesuit system in 1968
TransHab test article in 1998

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Space Environment Simulation Laboratory, Chambers A and B". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
^ Rob Gutro (2013). "NASA Readies Famous "Chamber A" to Welcome the James Webb Space Telescope".

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Space Environment Simulation Lab at NASA CRGIS

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