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Air Force Museum: Space Shuttle (photo diary) [1]

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Date: 2023-10-20  

In the Space Gallery in the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio visitors are able to walk onto a full-size representation of a NASA space shuttle payload bay and look inside the CCT-1 cockpit and mid-deck areas.

According to the Museum:

The Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer 1 (CCT-1) is one of three shuttle mockups used to train shuttle astronauts. In CCT-1, crewmembers learned and practiced many procedures for space missions. CCT-1 is an important piece of space history. NASA trained astronauts in it from the first shuttle mission in 1981 to the end of the program in 2011. The Crew Compartment Trainer is a highly accurate space shuttle simulator. It was used for practicing on-orbit tasks, training for emergency escapes, and evaluating engineering issues. In CCT-1, astronauts learned how to operate the shuttle's many systems with the guidance of highly skilled instructors. CCT-1 could sit level or tilt straight up to simulate pre-launch operations. On the CCT's top level is a very accurate "flight deck" or cockpit with seating for the commander, pilot and, during launch, two mission specialist astronauts. The flight deck has all the same instruments, panels, lights, seats,and switches found in a real orbiter. The instruments are non-functional, but they look and feel like real ones. A closed-circuit TV system also aided training.

Mid Deck

According to the Museum:

The lower part, or "mid-deck," replicates a main space shuttle living and working area. It features sleep stations, a galley, storage lockers, a bathroom, equipment stowage racks and a side hatch. Emergency escape equipment such as an inflatable slide and an extendable pole used for parachuting away from the shuttle helped crews learn escape skills. Three mission specialists and one instructor could be seated in the CCT's mid-deck. More seats, a treadmill and biomedical sensors could also be installed.

More museum exhibits

Museums 101: The Evergreen Space Museum (photo overview)

Museum of Flight: The Space Gallery (photo diary)

Air Force Museum: Space Gallery Aircraft (photo diary)

Air Force Museum: Some experimental aircraft (photo diary)

Air Force Museum: Experimental unmanned aircraft (photo diary)

Air Force Museum: Some experimental VSTOL aircraft (photo diary)

Air Force Museum: Some prototypes (photo diary)

Air Force Museum: Vertical takeoff aircraft (photo diary)

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