Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator

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Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Mariner 10 in the Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator

Location	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Built	1961
Architect	NASA
NRHP reference No.	85002812
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1985^[1]
Designated NHL	October 3, 1985^[2]

The Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator is an 85-foot-high (26 m) stainless-steel cylinder at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, that is 27 feet (8.2 m) in diameter.^[3]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]^[1]

It is used for testing spacecraft in space-like conditions of extreme cold, near-vacuum pressure, and high radiation. Ranger, Surveyor, Mariner, and Voyager spacecraft were all tested in this facility.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator". National Historic Landmarks Quioklinks. National Park Service. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Harry A. Butowsky (May 15, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Twenty-Five Foot Space Simulator" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Template:PDFlink

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