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Location | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California |
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Built | 1961 |
Architect | NASA |
NRHP reference No. | 85002812 |
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Added to NRHP | October 03, 1985[1] |
Designated NHL | October 03, 1985[2] |
The Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator is an 85-foot (26 m) high[3] stainless-steel cylinder at the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryinPasadena, California. 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.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.[2][4]
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