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Multi-Axis Gimble Rig in AWT with Pilot Main Content
NASA Center: Glenn Research Center
Image # : C1959-230
Date : 12/31/1959

Title

Multi-Axis Gimble Rig in AWT with Pilot

Full Description

Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF) also known as the Gimbal Rig in Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT) with pilot during Project Mercury. The Gimbal Rig was used to train astronauts how to pull the space capsule out of a potentially dangerous spin and regain control of the spacecraft. And boy, doesn't it look like fun?! The training and tests were run at the Altitude Wind Tunnel at Lewis Research Center, now John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field.

Keywords

Gimble Rig Altitude Wind Tunnel AWT Project Mercury MASTIF Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility Lewis Research Center

Subject Category

Simulators, Mercury-Program,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: GRC
  • Center Number: C1959-230
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001186

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: GRC
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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