Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Space VR Panoramas (SVMF)
Clear Lake City, Houston, TX 77058, USA
Building 9 of Johnson Space Center in Houston
Gps Coordinates / 29.5604483,-95.0853026
The Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) is a large open space area located inside Building 9 of Johnson Space Center in Houston. 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. It is primarily used for astronaut training and systems familiarization.
Location Gps -95.0853388 / Location Gps -95.0853493 / Location Gps -95.0853519
Gps Coordinates / 29.5604015,-95.0853388 / 29.5603666,-95.0853493 / 29.5603465,-95.0853519
The International Space Station modules are 1:1 scale and are maintained as accurate as possible to the real spacecraft in orbit. The facility also has a 1/6th gravity simulator and Mars Rover test vehicles. An industrial door at the North End, and overhead cranes allows the installation of new mockup spacecraft to be loaded into the facility. Space Center Houston allows a level 9 VIP tourist access to the entire training facility
Location Gps -95.0854761 / Location Gps -95.085352 / Location Gps -95.0850012
Gps Coordinates / 29.5603677,-95.0854761 / 29.5603185,-95.085352 / 29.5602481,-95.0850012
Since 1980, every NASA astronaut has walked the floors of Building 9, the astronaut training facility and home of the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Location Gps -95.0850257 / Location Gps -95.0850538 / Location Gps -95.0851432
Gps Coordinates / 29.5602588,-95.0850257 / 29.5602706,-95.0850538 / 29.5603136,-95.0851432
Space Center Houston visitors can visit it as part of the popular NASA Tram Tour, included with the cost of general admission.
Location Gps -95.0852036 / Location Gps -95.0853712 / Location Gps -95.0854273
Gps Coordinates / 29.5603402,-95.0852036 / 29.5604131,-95.0853712 / 29.5604344,-95.0854273
Astronauts train within this full-size classroom in the heart of NASA Johnson Space Center. Since its inception in 1975, the astronaut training facility has supported NASA’s missions.
Location Gps -95.0854808 / Location Gps -95.0855252 / Location Gps -95.0855517
Gps Coordinates / 29.5604556,-95.0854808 / 29.5604733,-95.0855252 / 29.5604232,-95.0855517
Built in 1975 to support training for the under-development Space Shuttle Program, the SVMF now is more than three times the original size, with expansions in 1986 for future space station training and again in 1992 to handle simultaneous robotic operations with the shuttle’s Canadarm (and later Canadarm2).
Gps Coordinates / 29.5605253,-95.0855003
The training catalog includes about 200 different SVMF classes to prepare astronauts in how to respond to just about any issue or emergency in orbit. They join trainers and flight controllers, who are experts in every aspect of the station’s systems. And, the emergency response sessions are very real.
