Deep in the Santa Susana Mountains, two masses of steel beams stand hundreds of feet above deep concrete basins. The structures are known as the Coca stands, former rocket test stands used by NASA ...

NASA said it will move forward with plans to demolish the Bravo and Coca vertical test stands at the Santa Susana Field Lab, contaminated when the area was used to test rocket engines and other ...

A local grassroots organization is taking a last stand against the current demolition of NASA rocket test stands at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The group Save Open Space, which advocates ...

Next week, the Boeing Co. will begin demolishing the concrete base of its Vertical Test Stand 1 at its Santa Susana Field Laboratory. By Thanksgiving, the foundation for America’s supersonic ...

“This system is mobile, modular and solar-powered,” said Peter Zorba, a NASA project director at the Santa Susana Field Lab. He stood next to the aging and towering Alpha Test Stand ...

at the Santa Susana Field Lab outside Simi Valley. The sprawling test site covers 2,850 acres and was instrumental in the development of the Apollo and space shuttle programs. In 1959, it was the ...

It was a pretty horrifying moment to turn on the television and see Santa Susana in flames, to see the rocket test stands engulfed in flames, knowing what’s on the site.” said Denise Duffield with ...

Updates on cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site will be presented during workshops Wednesday and Dec. 10. The ...

He’s looking out on the Santa Susana Field Laboratory ... F rom 1948 until 2006, SSFL was a test facility for the nation’s space exploration programs. It was home to 10 nuclear reactors, four launch ...

On Feb. 4, 1985, staff photographer Joel Lugavere covered the test of a NASA space shuttle ... In a concrete bunker on a crest in the Santa Susana Mountains, two men peer through binoculars ...