Lunar Landing Research Facility
The Lunar Landing Research Facility was an area at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia that was used to simulate Apollo Moon landings with a mock Lunar Module powered by a small rocket motor suspended from a crane over a simulated lunar landscape.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Industry
- Description: facility at Langley Research Center used for aircraft and spacecraft testing
- Also known as: “IDRF”, “Impact Dynamics Research Facility”, “Landing and Impact Research Facility”, “LandRF”, and “LLRF”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Langley Speedway and Poquoson High School.
Langley Speedway
Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Langley Speedway is a race track located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Langley Speedway is a paved short track measuring 0.400 mi in length. It is one of the flattest tracks in the region with only six degrees of banking in the corners and two degrees of banking on the straights. Langley Speedway is situated 1 mile south of Lunar Landing Research Facility.
Poquoson High School
School building
Poquoson High School is a public secondary school, located in Poquoson, Virginia and serves as the sole public secondary school for students in the city. Poquoson High School is situated 2 miles north of Lunar Landing Research Facility.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poquoson and Bethel Manor.
Poquoson
Town
Photo: Chrisfortier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poquoson, informally known as Bull Island, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,460. Poquoson is situated 1½ miles north of Lunar Landing Research Facility.
Bethel Manor
Village
Bethel Manor is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethel Manor had a population of 4,540. Bethel Manor is a Military Family Community for Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Bethel Manor is situated 2 miles west of Lunar Landing Research Facility.
Tabb
Suburb
Tabb is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula. Major roads include U.S. Route 17 and State Route 134. Tabb is situated 4 miles northwest of Lunar Landing Research Facility.
Lunar Landing Research Facility
- Categories: laboratory and historic site
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.10161° or 37° 6′ 6″ northLongitude
-76.38965° or 76° 23′ 23″ westOpen location code
87954J26+J4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1136385259OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q1877358
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Lunar Landing Research Facility” goes by many names.
- French: “Lunar Landing Research Facility”
- German: “Lunar Landing Research Facility”
- Spanish: “LLRF”
- Spanish: “Lunar Landing Research Facility”
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