AACS (Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem) Bay Assembly, Voyager

Object Details

Manufacturer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Summary

This is 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 - Jet Propulsion Laboratory transferred this object to the Museum in 1999.

Credit Line

Transferred from NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Restricted.

Inventory Number

A19990066000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Guidance & Control

Materials

Aluminum, Copper, Phenolic Resin, Plastic, Gold Plating, Steel, Acrylic (Plexiglas), Adhesive, Epoxy, Copper, Nylon, Synthetic Fabric, Rubber (Silicone)

Dimensions

3-D: 20.3 x 43.2 x 20.3cm (8 x 17 x 8 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Record ID

nasm_A19990066000

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92fd6259a-6f0c-471e-80bb-b567da490c48