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 the ground, anchored inside ...

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden took a crawl through Memory Lane in Seattle on Tuesday during a tour of the Museum of Flight's shuttle training mockup, which he and hundreds of other astronauts used ...

The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is adding another exhibit to its collection, thanks to a museum in Oklahoma City. After spending several years at the Science Museum of Oklahoma, a shuttle cockpit ...

HOUSTON--"Houston, we have a problem." If there is a five-word phrase more recognizable than that in the annals of modern science or space exploration, I want to hear it. For my entire life, the ...

NASA engineers are applying human factors research, as well as point-and-click Internet-style interfaces, to redesign the '70s-era space shuttle displays and reduce the workload on busy astronauts.

DIAGNOSE THYSELF: One of the advancements in the space shuttle's Cockpit Avionics Upgrade Program, or "smart cockpit" (DAILY, Aug. 24), will be an enhanced caution and warning system capable of ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This open cockpit component is a part ...