He has built functional flight decks for various museums and schools around the country. He also completed a launch simulation course at his local middle school. He offers a package of materials that a school can use for Shuttle training and operations course. He does not take payment for his services but builds the simulators in his spare time. He gives them to organizations that cannot afford the museum quality versions that companies like Space1.
He offers plans for construction of the shell, framework, and interior panels. The power system, caution and warning system, lighting system, and AC power distribution system are patterned from Shuttle schematics.
All this is available to anyone that would like to undertake a project like this. Mars Academy was a a wondeful and elaborate site that supported. Browse through our extensive collection of Mars related resources at the Academy and participate with our members from all over the world in the design of the mission at the Mars Mission Design Center.
This project sought to overcome some of the limitations inherent in short-term educational space simulations by increasing the duration of the simulation. Educational activities are intended to be a major part of the project. The MoonCity program involves students in to design and simulate bases on the moon. At the University of Innsbruck about " students worked for an entire semester to create a far future city on the Moon to host roughly people.
A follow-on to this activity was the MoonCivilization program that involved " Virtual Shuttle was a spectacular site created by students in the Space Club at St. Peter's School in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The interactive real time simulation of a shuttle mission allowed one to. The following section lists various space related simulation programs. These can be in game or exploration formats.
The simulators include commercial programs and others are freeware or shareware. A number of the following simulators are no longer sold commercially by the original companies. This has become quite common as technology moves on. However, many of these old programs are still quite playable and remain in demand. So a number of abandonware sites have arisen on the net that provide free downloads of copies of such orphaned programs.
The legality of such services, though, is highly in dispute but some sites make an effort to state the legal status of a each program e. Check also these sections for online and offline space related programs:. Open source project with source code available.
Executables available for Linux and Windows. For example, Mark Grant is working to incorporate it into the Orbiter simulator. Developer Info. It was developed as an open source collaborative project led by Chris Laurel - SourceForge.
The architecture allows for on going expansion and add-ons. See, for example, the spectacular planetary surfaces in the Celestia Gallery. More about Celestia in the Celestia Forum at shatters. Become a Beltminer. Built around the concept of asteroid mining, this simulator employs 3-D graphics to display vehicles traveling and landing on asteroids".
You are a Beltminer. You have been issued a Prospector mining craft in order to land on asteroids and stake a cliam on valuable minerals. These minerals will be used for the good of the space station Terra. Your ultimate goal is to find water At the end of each mission, you will will have to spend a percentage of you credits on repairing the Prospector, buying Mineral Beacons, and re-fueling your craft.
Once you collect enough resources For example,. Liftoff: Space Simulation Series According to the product description:. There is almost no limit to what you can do with this long awaited - very cool - software! Take a virtual tour of the space shuttle, take it apart and reassemble it, manipulate it and experiment with weightlessness. You'll even find detailed virtual reality animations. Discover the history of Space Exploration including the history of rocketry and the space race, a much-needed glossary of acronyms and a timeline extending from the 17th century.
Plus you'll find teacher material and resources included! And, last but not least and our favorite Feel the power as you launch into space and take command of the Space Shuttle from launch through orbit, solve problems, deal with emergencies, talk to Mission Control and roam in weightlessness through the Shuttle cockpit and crew area.
Controlling the thrust and orientation of the vehicle for a smooth landing can be quite a challenge. Landing simulators are available at varying levels of realism. The project is still in development but beta versions are available on request. He also will consider volunteer assistance in finishing it. MacMECO Detailed simulation of shuttle main engine and solid rocket booster performance gives realistic shuttle launch and ascent simulations.
Detailed cockpit display and function provided. Microsoft Simulator s. You might find it at a garage sale or used software exchanges. There are often discussions on the news groups about it.
Still available but Alonso has shifted his efforts to working on Celestia see above. As such, it is more challenging to master than an arcade game - you should at least have some basic idea about mechanics and planetary motion to get the most from it.
An example animation created by Orbiter. See more videos of Orbiter in action. Space Station Simulators These programs deal large space habitats. The stations could be generic or specifically the International Space Station. Some are games dealing with the construction and operation of space stations.
Some also allow one to see the orbit and orientation of the station. You can easily navigate to any world and land on its surface. When used as a planetarium, Celestia shows accurate positions of solar system objects in the sky. There are many different add-ons available containing new objects like comets or stars, high-resolution textures of Earth and other well mapped solar system bodies, as well as 3D models for asteroids and spacecraft on precise trajectories.
Even fictional objects from well-known sci-fi franchises can be found. Construct whole planetary systems, nebulae, galaxies or fictional objects. Hit enter to search or ESC to close. Space simulation tools include: Orbit Determination Toolkit — which is used to provide orbit analysis support for the lifecycle of a geo satellite and its tracking system. Conjunction Analysis Tool — used to determine time windows in which the launch of an object into space is affected by the proximity of another orbiting object.
Space Environment and Effects Tools — evaluates the effects of the space environment on a spacecraft. Trillions of galaxies with billions of star systems in each, everything is realistically scaled. Easy navigation many useful tools. Save locations and name objects.
Observe the Universe in motion. Tools to learn how the Universe works. Photorealistic graphics. Photorealistic lighting and atmospheric model. Space ships with realistic orbital mechanics. Multilanguage interface. Localization in 20 languages, with a simple system for creating new translations. Huge modding ability.
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