The Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) was a facility at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, US. It was the only facility in...
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The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued...
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Link), a submarine cable connecting Cameroon to Brazil Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, a facility at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston...
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retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing...
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Rhea Seddon (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
included the Space Shuttle Orbiter and payload software, the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, the Flight Data File, the Space Shuttle medical kit, and...
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Anna Lee Fisher (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
software at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), and was a "Cape Crusader"—one of the astronauts who supported vehicle integration and payload...
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Michael J. Smith (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
astronaut program in May 1980; he served as a commander in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Deputy Chief of Aircraft Operations Division, Technical...
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On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated...
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Jean-François Clervoy (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
verification lead in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) and as robotics display design lead for Shuttle and ISS. After his third spaceflight...
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orbiter was equipped with an avionics system to provide information and control during atmospheric flight. Its avionics suite contained three microwave...
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L. Blaine Hammond (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
astronaut supporting the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) which tests and verifies the flight software for each Shuttle mission. Hammond was...
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Kathryn P. Hire (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
space. She served as the Astronaut Office Lead for Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Shuttle Payloads, and Flight Crew Equipment. Hire was assigned...
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Terry Virts (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
a member of the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) test crew, participating in critical systems testing and integration efforts. In 2004...
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Richard M. Linnehan (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
Space Shuttle flight assignments as a mission specialist. Linnehan was initially assigned to flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration...
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Tracy Caldwell Dyson (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
the Astronaut Shuttle Operations Branch and was assigned to flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and worked supporting...
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Steven Lindsey (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
Initially assigned to flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Lindsey also served as the Astronaut Office representative...
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Stephen S. Oswald (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
Kennedy Space Center; flight software testing with the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory; crew representative to the Marshall Space Flight Center...
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Carl J. Meade (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
including verification testing of flight software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), crew escape flight tests, Orbiter ground egress...
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Terence T. Henricks (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
Shuttle landing sites worldwide; Assistant Manager for Engineering Integration in the Shuttle Program Office; Lead Astronaut of the Shuttle Avionics Integration...
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Paul W. Richards (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
Payload and General Support Computers (PGSCs) and the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL). Richards flew on STS-102 and has logged over 307...
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David C. Hilmers (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
as PAM, IUS, and Centaur, as well as Shuttle software verification at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL). In addition, he was the Astronaut...
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Joan Higginbotham (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
technical duties in the Payloads & Habitability Branch, the Shuttle Avionics & Integration Laboratory (SAIL), the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Operations (Ops)...
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Sherwood C. Spring (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
verification at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and Flight Simulation Laboratory; vehicle and satellite integration at the Kennedy Space...
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Mary L. Cleave (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); CAPCOM on five Space Shuttle flights; Malfunctions Procedures Book;...
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John Casper (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
of a landing drag chute; astronaut team leader for the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); and ascent/entry spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM)...
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Patrick G. Forrester (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
Branch have included: flight software testing with the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); Astronaut Office representative for Landing/Rollout...
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served as the lead astronaut in charge of Shuttle software testing at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory. Duties included design, special testing...
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Richard A. Searfoss (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
subsequently assigned to flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL). Additionally, he served as the Astronaut Office...
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Steven Hawley (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
1974 Group Achievement Award for software testing at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, 1981 NASA Outstanding Performance Award, 1981 NASA Superior...
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Wendy B. Lawrence (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
Office have included flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Astronaut Office Assistant Training Officer, and...
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