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    The Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) was a facility at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It was the only facility in the...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Intelligence Laboratory SAIL programming language, created at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, a facility...
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    William G. Gregory (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    in July 1991. Gregory's technical assignments included: Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); astronaut office representative for Landing/Rollout...
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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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    K. Megan McArthur (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    Astronaut Office Shuttle Operations Branch working technical issues on shuttle systems in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL). McArthur...
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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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    The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research and development detachment of the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated...
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  • Thumbnail for Ellison Onizuka
    Ellison Onizuka (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    for the STS-1 and STS-2. At NASA, Onizuka worked on the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) test and revision software team. Onizuka's first...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Fernando Caldeiro
    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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    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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    Shuttle. Modifications for the SLS included the addition of a center booster segment, new avionics, and new insulation which eliminates the Shuttle SRB's...
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    Robert D. Cabana (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    2+1⁄2 years. He then served as the lead astronaut in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) where the Orbiter's flight software is tested prior...
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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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    Mae Jemison (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    and verification of Shuttle computer software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL). On September 28, 1989, she was selected to join the...
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    Kathryn C. Thornton (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), serving as a team member of the Vehicle Integration Test Team (VITT) at Kennedy...
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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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    Jon McBride (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    for the maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Columbia, software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), capsule communicator (CAPCOM)...
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  • Space Shuttle missions designated STS-3xx (officially called Launch On Need (LON) missions) were rescue missions which would have been mounted to rescue...
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  • Thumbnail for Story Musgrave
    Story Musgrave (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    he was assigned as a test and verification pilot in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at JSC. Musgrave served as a CAPCOM for the second and...
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    after the Apollo Program ended went on to form the core of early Space Shuttle mission specialists, accomplishing a total of 15 flights between 1982 and...
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    Charles D. Gemar (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    Shuttle Program, including flight software testing in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); launch support activities at the Kennedy Space...
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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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