Lunar Landing Research Facility
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| Lunar Landing Research Facility | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
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| Nearest city: | Hampton, Virginia |
| Built/Founded: | 1965 |
| Governing body: | NASA |
In 1965, Langley Research Center opened the Lunar Landing Research Facility for simulations of moon landings with a mock Apollo Lunar Module suspended from a crane over a simulated lunar landscape.
To learn lunar landing techniques, astronauts practiced in the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV), a flying vehicle that simulated the Lunar Module on earth. A 200-foot-tall, 400-foot-long gantry structure was constructed at NASA Langley Research Center; the LLRV was suspended in this structure from a crane, and "piloted" by moving the crane.
The facility is now known as the Impact Dynamics Research Facility and is used for aircraft crash tests.
The site is a National Historic Landmark.
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