Glenn Research Center
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field (see #History for previous names) is a NASA center, located within the cities of Brook Park, Cleveland, and Fairview Park, Ohio between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Cleveland Metroparks's Rocky River Reservation, and has other subsidiary facilities in Ohio. Its director is Ramon (Ray) Lugo III. Glenn Research Center is one of ten major NASA field centers, whose primary mission is to develop science and technology for use in aeronautics and space. As of May 2012, it employed about 1,650 civil servants and 1,850 support contractors located on or near its site.
In 2010, the formerly on-site NASA Visitors Center moved to the Great Lakes Science Center.
Read more about Glenn Research Center: History, Facilities, Significant Developments, Significant Contributions, Future of Glenn, NASA Glenn Visitor Center
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