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Pilot's seat
Reporter Elizabeth Howell sits in the pilot's seat of a shuttle mockup. This simulator is used for...
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Uploaded on Nov 12, 2008
Linde's chair
When NASA officials changed the room back to its heyday Apollo look, people scoured offices looking for...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
University
When Rice University donated its land to NASA, administrators requested that Johnson Space Center retain...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Canadarm
A mockup of the robotic Canadarm -- a Canadian-built robotic arm used to pick up satellites and sometimes, to transport astronauts.
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Blue tarps
After flooding from Hurricane Ike in September damaged NASA's simulator building's roof, workers covered...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
NASA front entrance
NASA's Johnson Space Center sits upon land that used to be designated for oil. But in the early 1960s,...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Dave Wolf in NBL
Surrounded by divers, astronaut Dave Wolf -- scheduled to fly on STS-127 in April -- works underwater in...
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Diver in NBL
A diver (centre top, wearing green tank) paddles by a full-size mockup of the International Space Station...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Chris Hadfield
Astronaut Chris Hadfield -- the only Canadian who has visited two space stations -- says he hopes his...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Explore space
A wall-sized poster of the space shuttle in orbit adorns a corner of Johnson's simulation facility.
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Constellation's Orion (2)
The front hatch of the Orion spacecraft. Engineers looked back to the years of Apollo to use the best...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Constellation's Orion (1)
Landing support officer Marty Linde points to a picture of the Ares I rocket, which will lift the Orion...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Kibo
An inside view of the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module (JAXA) mockup at the Johnson Space Center. After...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Outside Soyuz
NASA astronauts have flown several times in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Despite its tiny size, Soyuz...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Inside Soyuz
Elizabeth Howell lies inside a mockup of the tiny Soyuz spacecraft. Seats for two crew members lie along...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Cockpit buttons
In between the pilot's and the commander's seats sits a bank of buttons and switches to control the...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Shuttle flight deck
Marty Linde, a landing support officer for Mission Control, stands on the flight deck of a shuttle...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
Astronaut Mike Foale (2)
Now standing, British astronaut Mike Foale prepares to step onto a platform while workers make final...
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008
NASA Visit '08
