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PIA21477: Voyager Proof Test Model
This photo shows the Voyager Proof Test Model undergoing a mechanical preparation and weight center of gravity test at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, on January 12, 1977.
 Mission:  Voyager 
 Product Size:  4000 x 5047 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA21477.tif (60.58 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA21477.jpg (2.743 MB)  

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This archival photo shows the Voyager Proof Test Model undergoing a mechanical preparation and weight center of gravity test at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, on January 12, 1977. The stack of three white cylinders seen near center is a stand-in for the spacecraft's power generators (called RTGs). Above that, a silvery canister holds the spacecraft's magnetometer in its stowed configuration.

Voyager is managed for NASA by JPL. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

For more information about Voyager, visit http://www.nasa.gov/voyager and http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov.

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Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC

Image Addition Date:
2017-07-05