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Mariner 10 in the Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator
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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 3, 1985[1] |
Designated NHL | October 3, 1985[2] |
The Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator is an 85-foot (26 m) high stainless-steel cylinder at the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryinPasadena, 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.[1][2]
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]
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