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Extreme Environments Capabilities at Glenn Research Center

Balcerski, Jeffrey·Kremic, Tibor·Arnett, Lori·Vento, Dan·Nakley, Leah
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The NASA Glenn Research Center has several facilities that can provide testing for extreme evironments of interest to the New Frontiers community. This includes the Glenn Extreme Enivironments Rig (GEER) which can duplicate the atmospheric chemistry and conditions for the Venus surface or any other planet with a hot environment. GRC also has several cryogenic facilities which have the capability to run with hydrogen atmospheres, hydrocarbon atmosphere, CO2 based atmospheres or nitrogen atmospheres. The cryogenic facilities have the capability to emulate Titan lakes.

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Balcerski, Jeffrey, Kremic, Tibor, Arnett, Lori, Vento, Dan, Nakley, Leah. 2016-06-21. Extreme Environments Capabilities at Glenn Research Center. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20170003303

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