Six test stands at WSTF provide vacuum test capability:
- Engine and engine systems up to 25,000 lbf (110 kN) thrust
- Altitude greater than 100,000 ft (30,000 m) engine firing with steam ejectors up to 250,000 ft (76,000 m) using vacuum pumps without firing
- Propellants: liquid hydrogen, gaseous and liquid oxygen, hydrocarbon, hydrazine, Aerozine-50, monomethylhydrazine (MMH), nitrogen tetroxide (N2O4), gaseous and liquid methane
- Solid motors
- Helium pressurants
- Nitrogen pressurants
- Vertical or horizontal firing
- Temperature-conditioned propellants and test article, 40 to 120 °F (4 to 49 °C)
For more information, contact Robert Kowalski at (575) 524-5520, or robert.r.kowalski (AT) nasa.gov.
