The weak pull of artificial gravity, The Space Review “Gerstenmaier, while skeptical of the need for and ability to accommodate artificial gravity, didn’t rule it out entirely. He noted that […]
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NASTAR Passes FAA Safety Audit
NASTAR Center Completes First FAA Safety Approval Audit – Space Training Simulator Centrifuge “Representatives from FAA AST, Washington, DC, conducted the audit. The audit consisted of a review of conformance […]
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Strapping On A Centrifuge: Suborbital Scientist-Astronaut Training
Last week I had a rather remarkable experience: I flew into space in Pennsylvania. Well, almost.
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Johnsville Centrifuge Gondola Returns Home
Johnsville Centrifuge Gondola Returns Home To New Museum i>”May 5, 2011 was a historic day for Bucks County as the original gondola of the Johnsville Centrifuge that was used for […]
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Videos: Flying Simulated Suborbital Flights at NASTAR
Video: Cockpit screen view: NASTAR SpaceShip Two Centrifuge Simulation of 100% Acceleration Profile This video is from a 11 May 2011 centrifuge run at the NASTAR center with SwRI scientist […]
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Video: NASTAR Suborbital Scientist Astronaut Training: Full Acceleration Flight Profile Centrifuge Runs
NASTAR Suborbital Scientist Astronaut Training: Full Acceleration Flight Profile Centrifuge Runs (archived video) Keith’s note: My three centrifuge runs – Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two flight profiles – one at 50% […]
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Going Suborbital at NASTAR
Space science: Along for the ride, Nature “Three days after Discovery ‘s launch … two planetary scientists are talking with a group of fellow researchers about what should come next. […]
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Videos: Flying SpaceShipTwo in a Centrifuge
Keith’s note: Alan Stern, Dan Durda [two videos] and ten other scientist took two rides in a centrifuge located at The NASTAR Center as part of a suborbital scientist training […]