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The SPF has two 50 ft by 50 ft entrances and a 20-ton vacuum compatible polar crane on top of the chamber.


Overhead view of shroud separation test setup in the SPF C-2002-1831: Image from the shroud separation sequence
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Frame from the Space Power Facility video  Space Power Facility Video
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C2012-1689: NASA Advisory Council, NAC, Meeting 2012  C2012-1689
NASA Advisory Council, NAC, Meeting 2012
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C2011-4405: Post construction photos of the Space Power Facility, SPF, Space Environment Testing, SET, Mechanical Vibration, MVF, and Reverberant Acoustical Test, RATF  C2011-4405
Post construction photos of the Space Power Facility, SPF, Space Environment Testing, SET, Mechanical Vibration, MVF, and Reverberant Acoustical Test, RATF.
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C2010-5035: Reverberant Acoustical Test Facility 150,000 LB Sliding Door Installation  C2010-5035
Reverberant Acoustical Test Facility 150,000 LB Sliding Door Installation.
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C2009-4512: Completed Paint Job, Space Power Facility (SPF) Vacuum Chamber Dome Exterior  C2009-4512
Completed Paint Job, Space Power Facility (SPF) Vacuum Chamber Dome Exterior.
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C2009-2119: Inflated Full Scale Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Command Module Mock Up  C2009-2119
Inflated Full Scale Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Command Module Mock Up inside the NASA Plum Brook Station Space Power Facility (SPF) Vacuum Chamber.
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C2009-325: Concrete installation at the Space Power Facility  C2009-325
Workers laying concrete at the Space Power Facility. Tests of the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) will be conducted after modifications to the facility are complete.
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C2008-1239: Public tour of the Space Power Facility during a Plum Brook Station Open House in the spring of 2008  C2008-1239
Public tour of the Space Power Facility during a Plum Brook Station Open House held in the spring of 2008.
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C2008-1217: Workers prepare for a concrete pour at the Space Power Facility  C2008-1217
Workers prepare for a concrete pour at the Space Power Facility. Tests of the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) will be conducted after modifications to the facility are complete.
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C2007-1004: Wide angle view into the test chamber of the Space Power Facility  C2007-1004
Wide angle view into the test chamber of the Space Power Facility.
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C2005-635: BTK Able 20 meter solar sail being deployed in the Space Power Facility  C2005-635
ATK 20 meter solar sail being deployed in the Space Power Facility.
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C2003-657: Mars Exploration Rover (MER) test package above a test platform in the Space Power Facility  C2003-657
Mars Exploration Rover (MER) test package above a test platform in the Space Power Facility.
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C2002-1792: Technicians and researchers pose in front of the rocket shroud separation test article in the Space Power Facility  C2002-1792
Technicians and researchers pose in front of the rocket shroud separation test article in the Space Power Facility.
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C98-1543: Mars balloon inflation test in the Space Power Facility  C98-1543
Mars balloon inflation test in the Space Power Facility.
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C90_12290: Titan IV payload faring separation tests in the Space Power Facility  C90-12290
Titan IV payload faring separation tests in the Space Power Facility.
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