Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. 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. 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.
Astronauts eileen collins and james kelly sts 114 mission commander and pilot respectively await the start of a training session in the space vehicle mockup facility at the johnson space center. The svmf houses mockups of spacecraft and other. There is one place at jsc that serves as the largest real life classroom for astronauts and cosmonauts the space vehicle mockup facility.
Johnson space center in houston texas.
The mission of the space vehicle mockup facility svmf is to provide world class training for space flight crews and their support personnel and high fidelity hardware for real time mission support. The space vehicle mockup facility svmf is a large open space area located inside building 9 of johnson space center in 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. Your browser or your browser s settings are not supported.
