'What we've tried to do with this new Space Gallery is to make that connection between aviation and space.'
A new viewing platform allows visitors to look into the middeck of CCT-2, as well as its external airlock through which crew members practiced entering and exiting the shuttle for. The exhibit also has three new touchscreen displays that take visitors through the anatomy of the shuttle, a virtual tour inside the CCT-2 middeck and flight deck and a history of the 135 space shuttle missions.
"One of the other things that we did was to remove the maintenance access panel off the rear of the CCT to give a better view of the middeck. We also removed the crew access hatch and displayed it separately, down below the CCT. We removed the hatch so people could look in from the side of the cabin as well," said Owens.
Visitors to the new Space Gallery at the Lone Star Flight Museum can look inside NASA's retired space shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer, both through its hatch and from a viewing platform. In addition to the two shuttle training devices, the Space Gallery also includes an early version of what NASA refers to today as the
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