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. NASA ...

NASA engineers are applying human factors research, as well as point-and-click Internet-style interfaces, to redesign the '70s-era space shuttle displays and reduce the workload on busy astronauts.

The new shuttle orbiter Atlantis glass cockpit has nine Honeywell Multifunctional Electronic Subsystems (MEDS) liquid crystal displays (see page 54). Atlantis is set for launch with the new system in ...

A long time ago, before Challenger, JSC *had* no visitor's center, not even the disappointing Space Center Houston. Instead, you checked in at the gate, and Building 1 had a small display of artifacts ...

Museum of Flight President Doug King was officially given the 'keys' to the space shuttle Full Fuselage Trailer today during a ceremony at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. JSC Director ...