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Image: STS-125 FD11 sim

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Description: Occupying the commander's station, astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, STS-125 pilot, uses the Portable In-Flight Landing Operations Trainer (PILOT) on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis. PILOT consists of a laptop computer and a joystick system, which helps to maintain a high level of proficiency for the end-of-mission approach and landing tasks required to bring the shuttle safely back to Earth.
Title: STS-125 FD11 sim
Credit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/multimedia/fd11/fd11_gallery.html
Author: NASA
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License: Public domain
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