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Houston, We Have a Problem - 517 viewsChuck Mattox is at the controls. -- Chuck gets help from the instructor piloting the Space Shuttle.
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Strapping into the MMU517 viewsA somewhat apprehensive JLF is starting to wonder if this is really a good idea.
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Chuck Mattox on the 5DF515 viewsChuck seems to be having a blast. He should have been an astronaut.
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Getting ready for a moonwalk515 viewsChuck Mattox getting strapped into the 1/6 gravity simulator chair.
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Eek!494 viewsNow he knows it wasn't a good idea.
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Simulated Shuttle Controls492 viewsRick Gering pilots the Shuttle while Chuck Mattox, Pat Bush and the Turkish instructor (whose name I don't remember) look on.
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Mission Control Consoles492 viewsControl center for the Discovery Space Shuttle mockup. Probably not as elaborate as the one in Houston.
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Checking into Space Camp Turkey480 viewsLocated in the Aegean Free Zone, Space Camp Turkey was the second institution of its kind to be established worldwide, the original being in Huntsville, Alabama. Its primary focus is to promote education in science by inspiring interest in space travel.
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