Where is Table Mountain Facility (TMF) located?
TMF is located near the town of Wrightwood, CA, in the Angeles National
Forest operating on a memorandum of understanding with the United States
Forest Service, approximately 1.5 hours drive from the main JPL lab
in Pasadena.
Physical Address:
JPL Table Mountain Facility
24490 Table Mountain Road
Wrightwood, CA 92397
Mailing
Address:
JPL Table Mountain Facility
Box 367
Wrightwood, CA 92397
Telephone: (760)249-3650
Fax: (760)249-5392
Email: Site Manager
When is TMF open?
TMF is operational
24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Inclement weather and road conditions
do sometimes dictate when it is safe for science customers to travel
to and from the facility.
Can anyone do experiments or projects at TMF?
No. If a project that is not NASA funded or part of the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory is interested in doing research at TMF they must have special
permission granted from NASA to use a NASA facility. This is accomplished
by first having a JPL sponsor submit a memo identifying: who, what,
when, where, and why to the Contracts Management Office for NASA approval.
If NASA grants their approval a Facilities Use Request is issued by
JPL.
How many people work there?
TMF employs a full time operations staff, including three full time JPL
employees, and six contractor personnel.
The various full time science projects on site such as LIDAR, ACRIMSAT,
FTUVS, Astronomy, etc. employ approximately 12 full time JPL employees
and a varying number of part time employees. Other science projects
have personnel coming and going as they perform their research.