Space Power Facility
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Space Power Facility is a NASA facility used to test spaceflight hardware under simulated launch and spaceflight conditions. The SPF is part of NASA's Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, which in turn is
NASA's Space Power Facility with RATF shown closest, then MVF and the modal plate, then the thermal-vac chamber
Centaur Standard Shroud at the Space Power Facility
NASA's SPF thermal-vac chamber scavenger plate
NASA's SPF thermal-vac chamber VacCryo pump as seen from the annulus basement
Mars Pathfinder
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Mars Pathfinder was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a lightweight,
Space Power Facility
…It was subsequently recommissioned for use in testing spacecraft propulsion systems. Recent uses include testing the airbag landing systems for the Mars Pathfinder and the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, under simulated Mars atmospheric conditions. The facility was designed and constructed to test…
Pathfinder and Sojourner at JPL in October 1996, being 'folded' into its launch position.
Sojourner rover on Mars on sol 22
Wheel size comparison: Sojourner, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Science Laboratory
Diagram of Mars Pathfinder IMP camera