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The new shuttle orbiter Atlantis glass cockpit has nine Honeywell Multifunctional Electronic Subsystems (MEDS) liquid crystal displays (see page 54). Atlantis is set for launch with the new system in ...
A long time ago, before Challenger, JSC *had* no visitor's center, not even the disappointing Space Center Houston. Instead, you checked in at the gate, and Building 1 had a small display of artifacts ...
On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit." This was one of several big upgrades that were made to the space shuttle before the mission STS-101. NASA ...