Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator, La Cañada Flintridge

#19 among attractions in La Cañada Flintridge

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The Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator is a chamber for testing spacecraft in space-like conditions, including extreme cold, high radiation, and near-vacuum pressure. Built in 1961, it is located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. It has been used to prepare many American space probes for their launches, including the Ranger, Surveyor, Mariner, and Voyager spacecraft. ()

Coordinates: 34°12'9"N, 118°10'26"W

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Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rose Bowl Stadium, Brookside Golf Course, Descanso Gardens, Lake Avenue.

2.9 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Rose Bowl Stadium, Los Angeles
74 min walk • Nestled within the picturesque city of Pasadena, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, the Rose Bowl Stadium stands as an iconic sports venue with a storied past and a vibrant present. Opened in October 1922, this legendary stadium has become synonymous with American...
2.6 miS
Golf
Brookside Golf Course, Los Angeles
68 min walk • Brookside Golf Course is a municipal golf facility located in Pasadena, California, United States. Adjacent to the Rose Bowl stadium in the city's Arroyo Seco Natural Park, the 36-hole facility offers the C.W. Koiner Course and the shorter E.O. Nay Course, divided by the concrete-channeled Arroyo Seco.
2.2 miW
Botanical garden, Park, Garden
Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge
56 min walk • Descanso Gardens is a 150-acre botanical garden located in La Cañada Flintridge, Los Angeles County, California. Descanso gardens features a wide area, mostly forested, with artificial streams, ponds, and lawns.
3 miSE
Shopping, Shopping district
Lake Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge
76 min walk • Lake Avenue is a major north–south feeder road for the Pasadena and Altadena communities in Los Angeles County, California.
1.1 miNW
34°12'52"N • 118°11'13"W
La Canada Flintridge Country Club, La Cañada Flintridge
29 min walk • Golf
1.8 miW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Lanterman House, La Cañada Flintridge
47 min walk • Lanterman House is a bungalow-style historic house museum in La Cañada Flintridge, California on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was commissioned by Dr. Roy Lanterman in 1915 and was built by A. L. Haley, who was a prominent builder of both residences and commercial buildings in the Los Angeles area.
2.3 miE
Street
Christmas Tree Lane, La Cañada Flintridge
60 min walk • Christmas Tree Lane is a 0.7-mile boulevard of deodar cedar trees in Altadena, California. The trees on the Lane, Santa Rosa Avenue, have been lighted annually as a Christmas Holiday display since 1920.
2.4 miS
Museum, Modernist architecture
ArtCenter College of Design, La Cañada Flintridge
61 min walk • Art Center College of Design is a private art college in Pasadena, California.
3.3 miSW
34°9'35"N • 118°11'56"W
Scholl Canyon Golf Course, Los Angeles
85 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities
3.2 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sam Merrill Trail, Angeles National Forest
83 min walk • The Sam Merrill Trail is a major hiking trail in the Las Flores Canyon of the San Gabriel Mountain Range north of Altadena, California, which leads to the top of Echo Mountain. It was built by Charles Warner and the Forest Conservation Club of Pasadena during the 1930s.
2.5 miE
Victorian architecture, Italianate architecture
Woodbury–Story House, La Cañada Flintridge
64 min walk • The Woodbury–Story House is a National Register of Historic Places structure in Altadena, California. It was placed on the Register in 1993 for its significance as an example of Italianate and Colonial Revival architecture styles and its association with Capt. Frederick Woodbury, one of the founders of Altadena.