Glenn Research Center

NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field

Aerial view of Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field
Agency overview
Formed	1942
Preceding agencies	Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory NASA Lewis Research Center
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Brook Park, Ohio, U.S. 41°24′46″N 81°51′45″W / 41.412843°N 81.862399°W / 41.412843; -81.862399
Agency executive	James A. Kenyon, director
Parent agency	NASA
Child agency	Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility
Website	nasa.gov/glenn

NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field is a NASA center within the cities of Brook Park and Cleveland between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Rocky River Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks, with a subsidiary facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Its director is James A. Kenyon. Glenn Research Center is one of ten major NASA facilities, whose primary mission is to develop science and technology for use in aeronautics and space. As of May 2012^[update], it employed about 1,650 civil servants and 1,850 support contractors on or near its site.

In 2010, the formerly on-site NASA Visitors Center moved to the Great Lakes Science Center in the North Coast Harbor area of downtown Cleveland.