August 25, 1998
Gallery Pages: 1, 2, 3
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< The Mission Control Center (MCC). Bottom right is the Flight Director's desk and next to him is CapCom (Capsule Communicator). |
| A faux Shuttle used for training. > |  |
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< This is the X38 -- a "lifeboat" ship that has enough resources to keep 7 astronauts alive for 9 hours if they need to quickly escape from the new International Space Station that's being built. |
| And here's a picture of the real thing (X38)on the warehouse floor, being built "using commodity parts and for far less money than NASA traditionally spends on spacecraft." > |  |
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< They told us to take any pictures we wanted, so here's the secret X38 whiteboard behind one of the dividers. Looks like it has a schedule on it! (For the next few days, at least.) |