PIA21123: Space Flight Support Building


Space Flight Support Building

Caption:

This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present , commemorating the 80th anniversary of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 31, 2016.

Building 264, also known as the Space Flight Support Building, hosts engineers supporting space missions in flight at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It used to be just two stories, as seen in this image from January 1972, but then the Viking project to Mars needed more room. The building still serves the same function today, but now has eight floors.

Background Info:

JPL is a division of the Caltech in Pasadena, California.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Viking
Instrument Host
Host Type
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2016-10-27
Date in Caption 2016-10-31
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21123
Identifier PIA21123