Object Details
Manufacturer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Summary
This is the "Flight Data Subassembly," one of several components of the Voyager 2 attitude and control system. It was mounted in one of the segments of the main Voyager spacecraft frame. The items are flight-qualified spare hardware which were used in laboratory simulations to resolve in-flight problems encountered by the Voyager spacecraft.
Voyager 2 was an unmanned space probe which, in 1986, passed close to the planet Uranus to transmit images of its surface.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tranferred this object to the Smithsonian in 1999.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19990065001
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Parts & Structural Components
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Plastic, Copper, Gold Plating, Rubber (Silicone), Nylon, Acrylic (Plexiglas), Paint, Aluminized Kapton, Foam, Magnesium, Brass
Dimensions
Storage (Rehoused on aluminum pallet with three additional objects): 153.7 × 179.1 × 104.1cm, 222.3kg (60 1/2 × 70 1/2 × 41 in., 490lb.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19990065001