Motor, Scan Actuator, Voyager Spacecraft

Object Details

Manufacturer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Summary

This is a electric motor that drove 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's Jet Propulsion Laboratory transferred this object to the Smithsonian in 1998.

Credit Line

Transferred from NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Restricted.

Inventory Number

A19990062000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

EQUIPMENT-Communications Devices

Materials

Aluminum, Steel, Plastic, Paper, Adhesive

Dimensions

3-D: 21.6 x 20.3 x 20.3cm (8 1/2 x 8 x 8 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Record ID

nasm_A19990062000

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93796c0f8-874f-401c-9bbf-698da91beec0