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STS-88 crew use simulators and virtual reality in preflight training

1998-04-08

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

S98-05076 (8 Apr. 1998) --- Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, assigned as a mission specialist for the mission, uses special gear and software to train for his duties aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. This type virtual reality training supplements practice for each of the assigned space-walking astronauts -- Ross and James H. Newman -- during which they wear a helmet and special gloves to look at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the early International Space Station (ISS) hardware with which they'll be working. One of those elements will be the Functional Cargo Block (FGB), which will have been launched a couple of weeks prior to STS-88. Once the FGB is captured using the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) of the Endeavour, astronaut Nancy J. Currie will maneuver the robot arm to dock the FGB to the conical mating adapter at the top of Node 1, to be carried in the Shuttle's cargo bay. In ensuing days, three space walks by Ross and Newman will be performed to make power, data and utility connections between the two modules. Currie also uses this same lab to train for her RMS controlling duties.

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  • Title: STS-88 crew use simulators and virtual reality in preflight training
  • Date Created: 1998-04-08
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: mgwhite

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