Space & Rocket Center in Alabama sits atop MPTA-ET. Using Pathfinder allowed for facilities testing without requiring use of the more delicate and expensive Enterprise. Pathfinder is approximately the same size, shape and weight of an actual orbiter. It was later shipped by barge to the Kennedy Space Center and was used for ground crew testing in the Vehicle Assembly Building, Orbiter Processing Facility, and Shuttle Landing Facility. Originally unnamed, the simulator was built at the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1977 for use in activities such as checking roadway clearances, crane capabilities and fits within structures. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in May 1988. The mockup was later returned to the United States and placed on permanent display at the U.S. which had it refurbished, named it, and placed it on display in the Great Space Shuttle Exhibition in Tokyo. Constructed by NASA in 1977 as an unnamed facilities test article, it was purchased in the early 1980s by the America-Japan Society, Inc. ![]() The Space Shuttle Pathfinder (unofficial Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-098) is a Space Shuttle test simulator made of steel and wood. ![]() Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama These NASA displays are included in your general admission and FREE for members.Pathfinder on the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility Showcasing this area of Texas aviation history, the SMS-MB joins other NASA items currently on display such as the Small Pressurized Rover and Centaur Humanoid Robot. Many of NASA’s programs are rooted in aviation. A large computer complex making it all work.Partial mockup of the lower-level flight deck area, including a functional galley (Fixed Base simulators only).Thousands of simulated vehicle system malfunctions programmed into the software to provide the needed training scenarios for the flight crew and flight controllers.Use of the actual vehicle on-board computers, displays, and on-board computer software, necessary to provide completely realistic training.Highly detailed software modeling of the vehicle systems as necessary to make the simulator look like the real vehicle to the Mission Control Center.A realistic data telemetry and voice interface to the Mission Control Center in support off light controller training in conjunction with flight crew training.the International Space Station or other rendezvous targets) Dynamic out-the-window digital displays, including earth features, stars, sun, moon, landing runways, weather, payloads in the payload bay, and other spacecraft as appropriate (i.e.Fully functional switches, circuit breakers, displays, and dynamic flight controls, providing a very realistic simulation of Space Shuttle operation.The three Shuttle simulators shared the following features and characteristics: It was used mostly for ascent and entry/landing training. ![]() The Motion base, displayed at LSFM, included the forward portion of the cockpit mounted on a hydraulically powered full motion system. These included the Motion Base, the Fixed Base, and the Guidance & Navigation Simulator (GNS). SMS complex at the Johnson Space Center included three full-fidelity, fully functional Space Shuttle Orbiter cockpit replicas that were used to train Space Shuttle flight crews and mission controllers. It was delivered to Johnson Space Center in support of the first Space Shuttle Mission in 1981. In April 2022, volunteers completed a 5,000 hour restoration project of this original 1970s Link Flight Simulation simulator. The community is invited to see the SMS – MB with FREE ADMISSION from 4 – 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday, April 12 as the historical Shuttle Mission Simulator Motion Base (SMS – MB) arrives at LSFM. The original simulator that trained every Space Shuttle crew will now be part of the LSFM permanent collection.
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