jsc2010e043660
March 7, 2012
JSC2010-E-043660 (25 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, uses virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center to rehearse some of his duties on the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. This type of virtual reality training allows the astronauts to wear a helmet and special gloves while looking at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the station hardware with which they will be working.
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Technology Internet, Gregory Chamitoff, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Astronaut, NASA, Virtual reality
