The Shuttle Mission Training Facility (SMFT) at the NASA Johnson Space Center is the primary facility for full mission training of astronauts. The training provided in the SMTF includes payload operations that are performed by the astronauts while the Space Shuttle is in orbit. This training requires real-time simulation of the operational aspects of Shuttle payloads as well as simulation of the interaction between payloads and the Orbiter. For this purpose the SMTF contains Payloads Simulators (PLS) that are coupled to and operated in synchronization with the Shuttle Vehicle Simulators. The PLS are used for simulating all payloads with the exception of the European Space Agency's Spacelab. The SMTF contains a separate Spacelab Simulator for training Spacelab astronauts. This paper provides a synopsis of actual payload operations, the methodology for payload simulation in the SMTF, and the system architecture of the PLS.


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    Titel :

    Payloads simulation in the Shuttle Mission Training Facility


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    AIAA Flight Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit ; 1989 ; Boston, MA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1989-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch