Space Shuttle Mockup
It was shown to nasa and congress to win approval for the space shuttle program.
Space shuttle mockup. It was also used to design cable harnesses for production shuttle orbiters and to test fit flight hardware. The shuttle mockup arrived in houston by barge from the kennedy space center visitor complex in florida where it debuted in 1993. Originally it was used to win approval of the space shuttle program.
After sitting in storage for many years the america japan society inc. The space shuttle orbiter mockup was constructed by north american rockwell in 1972. This mock up shows students what the inside of the flight deck and mid deck of the space shuttle looked like.
The mockup is approximately the same size and shape as an actual orbiter. When you enter space center houston one thing that your students are sure to notice is our life size mock up of the space shuttle nose including the flight deck and mid deck which protrudes from the wall at the back of the center. Original 1972 space shuttle mockup going on display the original full scale mockup of the space shuttle seen here in 1974 will go on public display in california in july 2012.
The full scale high fidelity space shuttle mockup which was formerly known as explorer for the 18 years it was displayed at the kennedy space center visitor complex will be loaded on a barge and leave the spaceport on may 20. Known then by the name explorer it was designed and built by. North american rockwell built the shuttle mockup in 1972.
Obtained the wood and steel mockup at a cost of us 1 million and hired teledyne brown engineering to refurbish it to more closely resemble an actual. The space shuttle orbiter simulator is hoisted into the saturn v dynamic test stand at nasa s marshall space flight center. Ryan began building a full scale mock up of the shuttle s crew compartment some 15 years ago when he was still an engineering student at the california polytechnic state university cal poly.
In later years it was used for hardware and software development.