NASA Ames Motion Simulator Research Collection, 1959-1994

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Summary

Title:

NASA Ames Motion Simulator Research Collection

Dates:

1959-1994

Creators:

Ames Research Center

Abstract:

This collection primarily contains photographs depicting motion simulator research at Ames Research Center, the University of Southern California's (USC) Human Centrifuge apparatus testing for Ames Research Center, and the Johnsville Centrifuge Program's spacesuit development in collaboration with NASA. Remaining materials include administrative files from the division and branch managing the flight simulator facilities at Ames Research Center.

Extent:

Number of containers: 7 Volume: 2.45 cubic feet

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

NASA Ames History Archive, NASA Ames Research Center. Moffett Field, California. ARC18.13, NASA Ames Motion Simulator Research Collection, [Container number]: [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date, if available].

Abbreviated Citation

NASA ARC. ARC18.13, [Container number]: [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date, if available].

Background

Scope and content:

Spanning from 1959 to 1994, this collection covers a period of Ames Research Center's motion simulator research in the form of photographs and administrative files. The photograph files in Series I capture motion simulator research at Ames Research Center, USC's Human Centrifuge apparatus testing for Ames Research Center and Johnsville Centrifuge Program's spacesuit development for NASA. The administrative files in Series II include documentation on two simulator facilities, a flight simulator facility assessment, and the managing division's reorganization documents.

The bulk of this collection contains photograph files that document various simulators and centrifuges used at Ames from the 1960s to the 1990s. Also included are photograph files from two different Ames-commissioned studies that took place in facilities at other institutions in the 1960s: pilot seat and restraint system experiments conducted in USC's Human Centrifuge, and spacesuit testing at Johnsville Naval Air Development Center.

The remainder of the collection contains files from the managing organization at Ames Research Center. Covering a duration of 1984 to 1994, areas of focus include the Man-Vehicle Systems Research Facility (MVSRF), the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS), Ames motion simulators write-ups, a Flight and Guidance simulation laboratory review and assessment, and the 1994 reorganization of the Aerospace Human Factors Research Division and Flight Human Factors Branch.

Acquisition information:

Transferred by Bonnie Andro-Avila on September 19, 2018 (Acq. 013-2018).

Arrangement:

The materials are arranged into two series, organized by format and functions, and then in chronological order:

Series I: Simulator and Centrifuge Photographs, 1959-1993
Series II: Administrative Files, 1984-1994

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Advanced Cab and Visual System
Flight and Guidance Centrifuge
Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft
Five-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Generator
Fixed-Base Transport Simulator
Height-Control Test Apparatus
Human Environmental Test Facility
Man-Carrying Rotation Device
Man-Vehicle Systems Research Facility
Moving-Cab Transport Simulator
Six Degree of Freedom Motion Simulator
Vertical Acceleration and Roll Device
Vertical Motion Simulator

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Guide prepared by Danielle K. Lopez
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Danielle Lopez. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: December 2019.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright does not apply to United States government records. For non-government material, researcher must contact the original creator.