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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