Object Details
Manufacturer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Summary
This is a electric motor that drove a component of the Voyager 2 attitude/control system. It is a flight-qualified piece of spare hardware, which was 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 transferred this object to the Smithsonian in 1998.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Restricted
Inventory Number
A19990062000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
EQUIPMENT-Communications Devices
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Plastic, Paper, Adhesive
Dimensions
3-D: 21.6 x 20.3 x 20.3cm (8 1/2 x 8 x 8 in.)
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_A19990062000