Power Supply Board, Voyager Spacecraft

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Summary

This is a component of the Voyager 2 attitude/control systems. 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 1999.

Credit Line

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Restricted

Inventory Number

A19990063000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

EQUIPMENT-Electronics

Materials

Aluminum

Phenolic resin

Fiberglass

Epoxy

Plastic

Paint

Gold

Copper

Dimensions

18 1/8" x 9 7/8" x 5"

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv995d4ee42-2277-462a-a9ed-bf5ee846861f

Record ID

nasm_A19990063000