Space Park

Northrop Grumman Space Park in Redondo Beach will be designated as a historic aerospace site by the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics on Wednesday. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 13, 2011 12 AM PT

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For half a century, Northrop Grumman’s Space Park, the sprawling 110-acre aerospace campus in Redondo Beach has played host to the development of nation’s most advanced and top-secret spacecraft.

TRW engineers prepare to install a test battery module in the Aura satellite. The test battery is used to provide power to the spacecraft during integration and test. The flight battery is installed before the satellite is shipped to the launch site. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger climbs down from a scissor lift after examining a satellite at the Northrop Grumman plant at Space Park in February 2005. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)

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