Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator

Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator
nhl = yes


caption =
location= Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 12
lat_seconds = 9.78
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 10
long_seconds = 22.36
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1961
architect= NASA
architecture=
designated_nhl = October 03, 1985cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1929&ResourceType=Structure
title=Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator |accessdate=2008-02-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = October 03, 1985cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = NASA
refnum=85002812

The Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator is an convert|85|ft|m|sing=on high [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/85002812.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ] stainless-steel cylinder at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, 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.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/85002812.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Twenty-Five Foot Space Simulator] |32 KB|date=May 15, 1984 |author=Harry A. Butowsky |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/85002812.pdf "Accompanying 2 photos, exterior and interior, from 1983"] |32 KB]

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