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KSC-06pd2655
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky is getting a suit fit-check after practicing landing the orbiter at the controls of the shuttle training aircraft. The STA is a Grumman American Aviation-built Gulf Stream II jet that was modified to simulate an orbiter's cockpit, motion and visual cues, and handling qualities. In flight, the STA duplicates the orbiter's atmospheric descent trajectory from approximately 35,000 feet altitude to landing on a runway.
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Credit lineKSC-06pd2655. NASA/KSC, 2006-12-04. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pd2655.
