Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 in. long x 3 1/4 in. diameter (11.43 x 8.26cm)
Other (aluminum frame): 8 in. tall x 9 in. wide x 8 in. deep (20.32 x 22.86 x 20.32cm)
Materials:
Steel, Aluminum, Rubber (Silicone), Brass, Epoxy, Mylar (Polyester), Synthetic Fabric, Adhesive, Plastic
This Scan Actuator Motor, built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Pasadena, California, is part of the Voyager 2 attitude and control system. It was used to "slew" the sensors (rotate them slowly, so that they stayed focused on a target) as the spacecraft passed by the planet Uranus. This motor is a flight-qualified spare, 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, when it transmitted images of its surface back to Earth.
Donated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Transfer from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
