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STS062-15-013 - STS-062 - Cdr. Casper testing the portable in-flight landing operations trainer

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STS062-15-013 - STS-062 - Cdr. Casper testing the portable in-flight landing operations trainer

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Description: Photographic documentation of Commander John Casper of STS-62 testing the portable in-flight landing operations trainer (PILOT) onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. PILOT was tested to verify that the simulator will help the shuttle commander and pilot maintain the highest possible level of proficiency for the end-of-mission approach and landing task on extended duration orbiter (EDO) flights by strongly reinforcing visual cues over the temporal, proprioceptive, and otolithic cues.

Subject Terms: SPACE SHUTTLES, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), STS-62, ONBOARD ACTIVITIES, ASTRONAUTS, EXPERIMENTATION, TESTING, LANDING, SIMULATORS, COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS SIMULATION, COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Date Taken: 5/28/1997

Categories: Onboard Operations

Interior_Exterior: Interior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-62

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1997
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The U.S. National Archives
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