NASA Glenn Research Center
Aviation and Aerospace Component ManufacturingOhio, United States1001-5000 Employees
NASA Glenn Research Center is a NASA facility dedicated to aviation and aerospace research and testing. Its main campus, Lewis Field, sits near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, and houses facilities including wind tunnels, drop towers, vacuum chambers, and a research aircraft hangar. The Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky hosts space environment simulation chambers—the largest and most powerful of their kind—and is the only site capable of testing a full-sized spacecraft for all launch and spaceflight conditions. As one of NASA's ten centers, Glenn's work is essential to the agency and contributes to the regional economy. The center serves NASA's mission by providing specialized testing and research capabilities that support aerospace development for NASA programs and collaborating partners. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, it is a large research organization with a substantial workforce serving advanced space and aeronautics testing needs.