Spacecraft Configuration Testing Collection, 1971-1977.

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Spacecraft Configuration Testing Collection, 1971-1977.

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The collection documents various test configurations for the Mariner Jupiter/Saturn 1977 dual spacecraft mission, later named Voyager. A finite-element analysis was performed to simulate how various components of the spacecraft structure, as well as the structure as a whole, reacted under different physical stresses. The different models were tested using a computer simulation. The computer program used was NASTRAN, a structural analysis program. There were many different spacecraft configurations tested before a proof-test model was assembled. Also represented in the collection are folders dealing with the Viking and Helios missions. The files deal with various similar test procedures, most notably the Vibration Data Analysis Test, involving putting various stresses on the spacecraft and launch vehicle. The materials include computer printouts, charts, graphs, reports, handwritten notes and correspondence.

6.0 cubic ft. (135 folders)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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