Space Shuttle Mockup. Full size space shuttle mockup opening to public in seattle november 9 2012 it is not every day you get to stand inside the payload bay of a space shuttle but that is the experience now awaiting visitors at the museum of flight in seattle. The shuttle mockup arrived in houston by barge from the kennedy space center visitor complex in florida where it debuted in 1993.
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The full scale mockup was previously on display. 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. Originally it was used to win approval of the space shuttle program.
In later years it was used for hardware and software development.
The model orbiter inspiration was rolled out to kennedy s shuttle landing facility on april 27 where it will be rebuilt into a traveling exhibit. Chuck ryan s story of a space shuttle trainer called resolution is one of time and timing. In april of 1978 the mockup was sent on a barge to kennedy space center ksc in florida to test out systems and facilities like the mate demate device the orbiter processing facility and the vehicle assembly building a monumental structure so big it generates its own miniature weather systems inside. The full scale mockup was previously on display.