Space Shuttle Training Session- Entry #3

This is a recording of a Space Shuttle crew and flight controller training session in the Shuttle Mission Simulator in Houston. The recording captured out-the-window views, the flight instrument display, and selected system & navigation displays in the Shuttle cockpit. In addition, all crew conversation, air-to-ground communication, and simulator sound effects were captured. Four displays are captured in a single video frame using picture-in-picture. The unique feature of these recordings is the capturing of all the in-cockpit conversation not transmitted to the ground. These recordings give a good idea of what went on in the Shuttle cockpit during busy phases of flight, when numerous off-nominal “malfunction” scenarios were being worked by the flight crew and Mission Control. The “Entry #3” training session begins at 209,000 ft. altitude and ends with landing on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The four video windows contain- (1) Top Left- navigation and system displays selected by the crew (2) Top Right- flight instruments (3) Bottom Left- hydraulics system display selected by the crew (4) Bottom Right- forward out-the-window view. In this session fuel cell, Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), and electrical problems are being worked.