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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.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type EQUIPMENT-Communications Devices Manufacturer Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
 Dimensions 3-D: 21.6 x 20.3 x 20.3cm (8 1/2 x 8 x 8 in.)
 Materials Aluminum, Steel, Plastic, Paper, Adhesive
 Inventory Number A19990062000 Credit Line Transferred from NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Restricted. Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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