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Location
Overview
• Large Buffer Zone and Controlled Remote Property for Hazardous Testing
• Moderate Desert Climate Ideal for Year-round Testing
• Existing Environmental Permits in Place for Hazardous Testing
Overview
• Constructed in 1962-64 to Support Apollo Project
• Subsidiary Unit of NASA Johnson Space Center
• Occupies 28 square miles of the SW Corner of WSMR
• Annual Budget is ~ $90 Million
• ~ 60 NASA and~ 630 Contractor Personnel
WSTF ManagerFrank J. Benz
Deputy ManagerMark J. Ferring
RDPropulsion Test Office
David L. Baker Acting Office Chief
RFLaboratories OfficeHarold D. Beeson
Chief
RCFacility OperationsHolger O. Fischer
Chief
RHHardware Processing
Sandy R. RuttleActing Office Chief
Associate ManagerTechnical
Harry T. Johnson
Administrative OfficerPatsy A. Segura
NS3Safety & Mission Assurance Office
C. Diane McLaughlinChief
Environmental ManagerRadel L. Bunker-Farrah
Office of Procurement (BA)Joseph Campbell – Lead
Financial Management (LA)Heather M. Moncrief – Lead
Information Technology (IT)James M. Krupovage
Organization Chart
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide the expertise and infrastructure to test and evaluate spacecraft materials, components, and propulsion systems to enable the safe exploration and use of space.
Customer Base
• Johnson Space Center - Shuttle Orbiter, Payloads, International Space Station, Crew Training, Constellation Program, and Special Projects
• NASA Headquarters and Other Field Centers
• Other US Government Agencies - Army, Navy, Air Force, DOD, DOE, EPA
• Commercial Industry
Shuttle: Test and Evaluation
ISS: Test and Evaluation
Constellation: Test and Evaluation
• Materials and Components Evaluation
• Propulsion Systems Development• Orbital Debris• COPV
Constellation
• Support Launch Operations
• Row Control Engine Test Development
• Peacekeeper 4-stage Hardware Harvesting
Launch Facility Designand Construction
Non-NASA
• Air Force– Peacekeeper 4th Stage Demilitarization– Minuteman Upper Stage Life Tests– Mobile Oxygen Storage Tanks
• Navy – Material Offgassing Tests
• Army and DOE – Support Services, Cleaning, Calibration
• Industry – Pratt And Whitney - Engine Development Tests– Aerojet - Engine Tests– SpaceX - Material Oxygen Compatibility Test– Wendell Hull Associates - Material/Components Oxygen
Compatibility Test– ASTM G4 Community - Material/Components Oxygen
Compatibility Test
Facilities
• Rocket Engine System Test Stands with Vacuum
• Long-duration Large-altitude Simulation System
• Full-scale Hypergolic and Cryogenic Propulsion Test Systems
• Chemistry and Metallurgical Laboratories
• Flight Component Repair, Refurbishment, and Test Facilities
• High Energy Blast Facility
• Oxygen-enriched Atmosphere Test Facilities
• Hypergolic Materials and Components Test Facilities
• Hypervelocity and Low Velocity Impact Test Facilities
• White Sands Space Harbor Launch and Landing Site
Chemistry & Metallurgy
Laboratories
MDAL/Offgassing LaboratoryMDAL/Offgassing Laboratory
Space Environment Simulation LaboratorySpace Environment
Simulation Laboratory
Propellant LaboratoriesPropellant Laboratories
Metallurgy LaboratoryMetallurgy Laboratory
Instrumentation, Analytical, and Gas Analysis Laboratories
Instrumentation, Analytical, and Gas Analysis Laboratories
Laboratories Test
Laboratories Test
• Micrometeoroid/Debris Hypervelocity Impact Testing
• Propellant and Explosion Hazards Assessment
• Research on Flammability of Materials including Metals in Oxygen-enriched Atmospheres
Laboratories Test
Components Failure Test and Analysis
Molecular Analysis of Surface Effects using X-ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy
Hardware Processing
Flight Critical System Components Refurbishment
Critical Flight Hardware Assembly
Flight Hardware Production
Hardware Processing
Industrial and Scientific Imaging and Documentation
Measurement Standards and Calibration Lab
Precision Cleaning of Flight Critical Items
Propulsion Test
Cassini – Saturn Orbit Insertion Engine Glows during 3-h 20-min Continuous
Firing Minuteman Qualification Firing inside Vacuum Test Cell
Shuttle PRCS Thruster Hot-fire Testing
Propulsion Test
Night Firing of Shuttle Forward RCS Primary and Vernier Thrusters
Static Firing of DC-X with 4 LOX/Hydrogen
RL10-A5 Engines
Propulsion Test
DC-X Executes Vertical Landing at WSMR
White Sands Space Harbor
• Orbiter Approach and Landing Training Facility
• Restricted, Controlled Airspace
• Long, Wide Lakebed Runways
• Year-round Flying Weather
• No “Bird-strike” Problems
White Sands Space Harbor• Landing Training for Astronauts• Landing/NAVAID Development• Procedure Development• Contingency STS Landing Site• Training Aircraft Hangared at El Paso
Airport• Scheduled 250 Days for Flight Time• Average 190 Days Flown
Alternative EnergyWSTF Renewable Energy Program
Wind Power• Class 4 – 5 Wind Site• Install 3 – 4 MW to Provide Energy to WSTF
(NASA funded)• Install 70 – 100 MW (third party investor)
Challenges: • Construct a Road up the Mountain• WSMR land (lease third party investor) • Funding
Solar Power
• Southwest has Great Potential for Solar• Install at least 1 MW for WSTF
(NASA funded, NASA land)• Install 100 MW (third party investor)
Challenges:• Resolve BLM Land Issues
(third party investor)
Educational and Community Outreach
• NASA Explorer Schools in New Mexico • Design Competitions• FIRST Robotics Program • New Mexico MESA and MESA USA• Schools & Regional Science and Engineering Fairs • Science Education Alliance and the SCIAD
Program• Educational Tours of WSTF• DC-9 Microgravity Fly High Program• X PRIZE and International Symposium for Personal
Spaceflight • Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs
Committee• Dona Ana County Spaceport Educational Initiative• Hydrogen Technology Partnership (HyTeP) • Oxygen and Hydrogen Safe System Operations
Training to NMSU and area hospitals• Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program
(SATOP)
Economic Impact of WSTF Installation
• NASA White Sands Test Facility• Families 600 • Payroll $29.2 Million• Total Contract Value$58.0 Million• Budget $86.7 Million
• Local Area Purchases and Subcontracts• Other New Mexico $1,641,879• Las Cruces $1,430,069• El Paso $1,276,890• Albuquerque $ 834,820• Alamogordo $ 56,788