Lunar Landing Research Facility
United States historic place in Hampton (Independent City), Virginia. Built 1965. Added to the National Register in 1985, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Lunar Landing Research Facility (LLRF) 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.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Langley Research Center, Hampton (Independent City), VA |
| County | Hampton County |
| Listed | Oct 3, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85002808 |
| Built | 1965 |
| Type of place | laboratory |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings, 1 objects |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Langley Research Center, Hampton (Independent City), VA |
| Coordinates | 37.10161, -76.38947 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Monroe National Monument · 8 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Hampton County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 85002808. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.