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Theme : Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets  (2314 images)

Title : Sequence of Assembly of OAO Shroud at SPC

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Sequence of assembly of OAO Shroud at Space Power Facility, Plum Brook Station, Lewis Research Center, Sandusky Ohio. Lewis is now known as the John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field. At the time it was built, the SPF was the world's largest vacuum chamber, measuring more than 100 feet in diameter and 122 feet high. The OAO or Orbiting Astronomical Observatory was used for astronomical research.