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 ...
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 ...
ABC's Ned Potter gets lessons from an astronaut. May 8, 2009— -- I didn't crash. I am still, to this day, not sure how, but -- honest -- I made a safe landing. I was in one of NASA's snazziest ...