Building 318 - Optical Interferometry Development Laboratory (La Cañada Flintridge, California)

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The new facility is designed to meet extremely demanding criteria for control of temperature, humidity, vibration and noise sufficient for development of picometer-class control technology. The building is a 1,346-square meter (14,500-square-foot) structure containing a 458-square-meter ( 4,930 - square -foot) high bay with an 11-meter (36-foot) ceiling, a 185-square - meter (1,990-square-foot) ground support equipment room, and three development laboratories, each at 219 square meters (2.360 square feet). It was completed in July 2002.

It is the first at JPL to be financed directly by program funds. Currently the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM), managed by Tom Fraschetti, and Starlight, managed by Leslie Livesay, are sharing the costs.