The Smithsonian plans to display the shuttle with its bay doors ... cockpit with its multiple computer screens and its backlit switches will from now on be dark. [Photos: See Inside Space Shuttle ...

The T-shaped structure’s main feature is the SVMF high-bay itself, which is oriented northwest-southeast and capped at the southeast end by an enormous pair of sliding doors (used to install or ...

Ever wondered what kind of cockpit NASA ... into and out of space? Well, here’s your chance to get an up-close look. This quick interactive film was taken of Space Shuttle Discovery’s ...

The actual space shuttle cockpit stands 32 feet above the ground. So the simulated landing in the training aircraft comes 20 feet above the ground, giving Boe precisely the view he will have from ...

On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit." This was one of several big upgrades that were made to the space shuttle before the mission STS-101.

Amazing pictures of the shuttle Atlantis cockpit reveal just how complicated it is to fly into space, with astronauts confronted by a huge array of buttons and screens. The shuttle program ended ...

For those on the tram tour, two shuttle program cockpit simulators have been relocated to an empty space outside of the ... there just walked out of the door. As visitors leave the SAIL for ...