It featured the exact interior layout of an actual space shuttle, but the controls were inert and non-functional (with a few exceptions like the switches for cabin lighting).Īt the time of our tour, the SVMF featured a high-fidelity mock-up of the International Space Station and a Soyuz. The Crew Compartment Trainer II, which we toured, was such a mock-up.
The mock-ups housed in the SVMF are usually "high fidelity," meaning that they closely resemble the actual vehicles and components that will be launched into space. The configuration of mock-ups in the SVMF changes with some regularity for various training tasks. Permanently mounted to ceiling rails inside the high-bay is a pair of enormous overhead cranes for moving equipment around. The T-shaped structure’s main feature is the SVMF high-bay itself, which is oriented northwest-southeast and capped at the southeast end by an enormous pair of sliding doors (used to install or remove mock-ups). The facility is located inside an enormous warehouse on the JSC campus.
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