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  2. Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) was an umbrella term for three separate simulators for training Space Shuttle crews at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The simulators were the MBS (Motion Base Simulator), the FBS (Fixed Base Simulator), and the GNS (an acronym for its original name, Guidance and Navigation Simulator).

  3. The Space Shuttle Mission Simulator (tm) is the most exciting space shuttle simulator available today, designed to provide the experience and excitement of the NASA Space Shuttle missions in extreme detail. From launch to in-orbit missions and landing, every button, command, and action replicates the authentic experience of mission sequences in ...

  4. Oct 27, 2021 · The Fixed Base Simulator (FBS) was added and the MBS modified to support the first four space shuttle missions. The two simulators were first used to support flight crew training for the STS-1 mission on Jan. 9, 1979.

  5. Dec 10, 2021 · Carl Brainerd. 159. Every NASA astronaut who ever rode aboard the space shuttle, more than 350 of them, first sat in its full-motion simulator. And even though the simulator was firmly on...

  6. The original simulator that trained every Space Shuttle crew. In April 2022, volunteers completed a 5,000 hour restoration project of this original 1970s Link Flight Simulation simulator. It was delivered to Johnson SpaceCenter in support of the first Space Shuttle Mission in 1981.

  7. www.nasa.gov › mission › sts-1STS-1 - NASA

    Jul 7, 2023 · Mission Facts. Mission: First Shuttle Mission/Shuttle Systems Test Flight. Space Shuttle: Columbia. Launch Pad: 39A. Launched: April 12, 1981 at 7:00:03 a.m. EST. Launch Weight: 219,258 pounds. Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

  8. Feb 19, 2021 · They flew the Shuttle Training Aircraft, a Grumman Gulfstream II heavily modified to respond like a descending space shuttle orbiter, during these training exercises. Left: The space shuttle fixed-based simulator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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