NASA Now-Shuttle Engineering Design Challenge–Guidance, Navigation and Flight Control

In this installment of NASA Now, you’ll meet Guidance, Navigation and Flight Controls engineer George Hatcher, who talks about the complex system needed to fly the space shuttle at extreme speeds and in extreme environments. Learn about the instruments used to inform the shuttle of its location, how to get where it wants to go, and what to do to change direction. The program focuses on the technology and physics of this complex spacecraft.


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2 thoughts on “NASA Now-Shuttle Engineering Design Challenge–Guidance, Navigation and Flight Control”

  1. Why don’t we launch the shuttles into orbit around the moon, link them up and use them as a space station around the moon for future moon expeditions.

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