Hypergol Maintenance and Checkout Facility was a rocket fuel and engine complex located in an isolated part of the Kennedy Space Center industrial area.[1] It was constructed in 1964 to support the Apollo program and upgraded in 1985 to support the Space Shuttle program. The hypergolic propellants used in the Space Shuttle's reaction control system, Orbital Maneuvering System, and the auxiliary power units provided hydraulic power to the shuttle's control surfaces, main engines and brakes were stored and processed in part of the complex.[2] Part of the facility was used for cryogenic testing during the Apollo program and Solid Rocket Booster aft skirt hot-testing.[3]
Among other structures, the facility included two hypergol storage buildings, a hazardous waste staging shelter, a liquid oxygen fuel pad, a liquid hydrogen fuel pad, leaching ponds and equipment shelters. Its Hypergol Support Building was recorded and documented by the National Park Service in 2013.[4]
Later, part of the facility became known as the Hypergol Maintenance Facility Hazardous Waste South Staging Area.[5]
References
edit- ^ "HMF". NASA KSC. Archived from the original on 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
- ^ "Orbiter Processing" (PDF). NASA KSC Public Affairs Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21.
- ^ "HMF Fact Sheet" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-29.
- ^ National Park Service, Department of the Interior (September 2013). "Historic American Engineering Record: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39 Hypergol Maintenance and Checkout Area, (HMCA Complex), Hypergol Support Building" (PDF). TechDoc - NASA Technical Library Public Search Engine. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (October 2023). "2021-2022 Long-term Groundwater Monitoring Report: Industrial Area Kennedy Space Center, Florida" (PDF). Nasa Technical Reports Server. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
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