Space Flight Operations Facility

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Space Flight Operations Facility
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Interior photograph of the control room at the Space Flight Operations Facility, with tables of monitors and workstations arrayed facing several large wall-mounted monitors.
Interior photograph of the control room at the Space Flight Operations Facility, with tables of monitors and workstations arrayed facing several large wall-mounted monitors.
Location: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Coordinates: 34°12′3.91″N 118°10′25.01″W / 34.2010861, -118.1736139Coordinates: 34°12′3.91″N 118°10′25.01″W / 34.2010861, -118.1736139
Built/Founded: 1963
Architect: NASA
Architectural style(s): No Style Listed
Designated as NHL: October 3, 1985[1]
Added to NRHP: October 03, 1985[2]
NRHP Reference#: 85002814
Governing body: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Space Flight Operations Facility is a control room and related communications equipment areas at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. From 1958 on, it "served as the primary NASA center for the unmanned exploration of the planets."[3]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.[1][3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Space Flight Operations Facility. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ a b National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Space Flight Operations FacilityPDF (32 KB), National Park Service, , 19  and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1976, 1981, and 1983PDF (32 KB)

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