| NASA Center: |
Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Image # : |
8562087 |
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| Date : |
12/1/1985
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Title
Space Station Mock-up in Neutral Buoyancy Simulator
Full Description
The image shows two astronauts practicing construction techniques to build
Space Station in Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at Marshall Space Center
(MSFC)in 1985, early in the Space Station program.
NASA began operating the NBS at MSFC in 1968. The NBS provided an excellent
weightlessness environment to astronauts and engineers for testing hardware
designed to operate in space while also affording the opportunity to evaluate
techniques that were used in space to assemble structures such as Skylab,
Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station.
The NBS tank is 75 feet in diameter, 40 feet deep, and contains 1.3 million
gallons of water, and can accommodates structures as large as the 43-foot Hubble
Space Telescope mockup. Engineers direct NBS activities from a state-of-the-art
control room located on the first floor adjacent to the tank.
Keywords
Space Station Neutral Buoyancy Simulator NBS
Subject Category
Simulators, International Space Station,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
MSFC
- Center Number:
8562087
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000057
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA Dennis Keim
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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