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KSC-08pd0138
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the shuttle training aircraft, or STA, is ready for flight with STS-122 Commander Steve Frick and Pilot Alan Poindexter at the controls. They are practicing shuttle landings in the STA before the Feb. 7 launch of space shuttle Atlantis. 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.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-08pd0138. NASA/KSC, 2008-02-04. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd0138.
