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Measuring space

*PASADENA, CA*—Unmanned spacecraft such as Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, and Spirit explore the unknown and expand human knowledge. The job of testing these spacecraft systems—and the measurement instruments they carry—falls to the Measurement Technology Center (MTC) staff at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Headed by manager Phil Yates, a group of 13 engineers and one technician build interfaces for equipment chassis, write test software, develop control systems, and create data-acquisition systems.

/Engineers at JPL develop systems to test space-bound equipment./

Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor -- / Test & Measurement World/, 9/1/2005

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