The crew compartment trainer will join the shuttle mission simulator-motion base on display.
, a one-of-a-kind, once-hydraulic-powered flight deck that arrived at the museum in April. The addition of CCT-2 distinguishes the Lone Star as the only location to exhibit two shuttle-era astronaut trainers.
"The fact that we now have both of these artifacts, I think it is a tremendous opportunity for us to be able to tell that story in a much more complete way," said Owens."What we have now is a much more complete story of the space shuttle and the training opportunities that the astronauts experienced during their time with the shuttle."
CCT-2 first went into use at Johnson Space Center in 1993, joining the first CCT that was installed in 1975. Like the real crew compartments, the trainer has two levels: the upper flight deck, which served as the shuttle's cockpit, and the lower mid-deck living area. A mockup rather than a simulator, the CCT's switches, dials and instruments were non-functional.
The cabin could be tilted skyward, though, to give crew members the experience of working in the same orientation that the shuttle would be on the launchpad. Astronauts used the CCT toNASA's shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer-2 is loaded onto a truck at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility for its move to the Lone Star Flight Museum., NASA offered CCT-2 to the Smithsonian.
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