White Sands Test Facility

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/White_Sands_Test_Facility

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	NASA facility
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:WSTF
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:WSTF
gptkbp:employs	gptkb:engineer gptkb:scientist support staff technicians
gptkbp:established	1963
gptkbp:hasTestStand	gptkb:White_Sands_Space_Harbor gptkb:Altitude_Test_Facility gptkb:Component_Test_Facility gptkb:Hazardous_Test_Facility gptkb:Propulsion_Test_Facility
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	White Sands Test Facility
gptkbp:locatedNear	gptkb:Las_Cruces
gptkbp:location	gptkb:New_Mexico
gptkbp:offersProgram	gptkb:Orion_program gptkb:International_Space_Station gptkb:Space_Shuttle_program
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Johnson_Space_Center
gptkbp:primaryUse	testing spacecraft components testing rocket propulsion systems
gptkbp:runwaySurface	gptkb:White_Sands_Space_Harbor
gptkbp:testedBy	gptkb:Apollo_spacecraft_components gptkb:Orion_spacecraft_systems gptkb:Space_Shuttle_main_engines spacecraft electronics rocket engines ISS hardware cryogenic propellants hypergolic propellants life support systems for crewed missions propulsion systems for various NASA programs spacecraft materials spacecraft tanks spacecraft thrusters spacecraft valves
gptkbp:usedFor	materials testing environmental testing contamination control explosives testing crew training failure analysis propellant handling hypervelocity impact testing life support system testing
gptkbp:website	60 square miles https://wstf.nasa.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Launch_Complex_97 gptkb:White_Sands_Space_Harbor
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6