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Space Flight Operations Facility
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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.
Space Flight Operations Facility (California)
Space Flight Operations Facility
Location: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Coordinates: 34°12′3.91″N 118°10′25.01″W / 34.2010861, -118.1736139
Area: 122,074 square feet1
Built/Founded: 1963
Architect: NASA
Added to NRHP: October 03, 19852
Designated as NHL: October 3, 19853
NRHP Reference#: 85002814
Governing body: NASA

Space Flight Operations Facility is a control room and related communications equipment areas at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. It has monitored and controlled most interplanetary and deep space exploration for NASA since 1963.1

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.31

Public tours are available with advanced planning.4

See also

A list of other NASA facilities:

References

  1. ^ a b c Harry A. Butowsky (May 15, 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Space Flight Operations FacilityPDF (32 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1976, 1981, and 1983PDF (32 KB)
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/. 
  3. ^ a b "Space Flight Operations Facility". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1931&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. 
  4. ^ Public Tours at JPL

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