Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Houston. As part of the tram tour we were taken to a facility where they have a mock up of the international space station and. 10 2020 at the space vehicle mockup facility at johnson space center in houston texas.
Take a tour of nasa s full size mockup of the international space station at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx is the space vehicle mockup facility which holds a full size copy of the. Since 1980 every nasa astronaut has walked the floors of building 9 the astronaut training facility and home of the space vehicle mockup facility at nasa johnson space center. Space vehicle mockup facility nasa johnson space center houston texas.
It was primarily used for astronaut training and systems familiarization.
It consists of a 200 meter long room that houses several space shuttle mockups as well as mockups of every major pressurized module on the international space station. 10 2020 at the space vehicle mockup facility at johnson space center in houston texas. James dickinson commander of u s. The space vehicle mockup facility svmf is a large open space area located inside building 9 of johnson space center in houston.
