Mars Yard
Mars Yard is in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. Mars Yard is situated nearby to the research institute Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as well as near the historic building Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Research institute
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States. Jet Propulsion Laboratory is situated 800 feet west of Mars Yard.
Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator
Historic building
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. Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator is situated 1,100 feet west of Mars Yard.
Space Flight Operations Facility
Historic building
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Space Flight Operations Facility is a building containing a control room and related computing and communications equipment areas at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Space Flight Operations Facility is situated 1,400 feet west of Mars Yard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena.
La Cañada Flintridge
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
La Cañada Flintridge is a city of about 20,000 people at the extreme northwest end of the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California.
Altadena
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Altadena is an unincorporated area, and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley and the Verdugos regions of Los Angeles County, California. Directly north of Pasadena, it is located approximately 14 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. Altadena is situated 2½ miles east of Mars Yard.
Altacanyada
Hamlet
La Cañada Flintridge, commonly known as just La Cañada, is a city in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Altacanyada is situated 3 miles northwest of Mars Yard.
Mars Yard
- Type: Scree
- Category: landform
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.20237° or 34° 12′ 9″ northLongitude
-118.17003° or 118° 10′ 12″ westOpen location code
85636R2H+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 875433113OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scree
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