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Dome Added to the Space Power Chambers for the Centaur Rocket
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About this work
This 22.5-foot-diameter domed lid was added to the Space Power Chambers to allow the vertical installation of a Centaur second-stage rocket into the vacuum tank at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. The lid could be removed using a crane so that the Centaur could be lowered into the chamber. After a year of additional construction, the new dome and extension were completed in September 1963. The feature became the facility’s distinctive attribute.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineDome Added to the Space Power Chambers for the Centaur Rocket. NASA/GRC, 1963-08-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1963-C-65692.
