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KSC-06pd2661

NASA / KSC · 2006-12-05 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Just at sunset, the shuttle training aircraft (STA), with STS-116 Pilot William Oefelein in the pilot's seat, waits on the Shuttle Landing Facility for the right moment to take off for orbiter landing practice. 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.

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STS-116, 12A.1, STA

Credit lineKSC-06pd2661. NASA/KSC, 2006-12-05. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pd2661.

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