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1959-1994
ARC18.13
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Title: NASA Ames Motion Simulator Research Collection
Date (inclusive): 1959-1994
Collection Number: ARC18.13
Creator:
Ames Research Center
Extent:
Number of containers: 7
Volume: 2.45 cubic feet
Volume: 2.45 cubic feet
Repository:
Ames Research Center,
Ames History Archive
Moffett Field, California 94035
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.
Language:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright does not apply to United States government records. For non-government
material, researcher must contact the original creator.
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].
NASA ARC. ARC18.13, [Container number]: [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date, if available].
Transferred by Bonnie Andro-Avila on September 19, 2018 (Acq. 013-2018).
The following terms may be used to index this collection.
Ames Research Center
Crew Vehicle Systems Research Facility (Simulation Laboratories (Ames Research Center))
Human Centrifuge (University of Southern California)
Johnsville Centrifuge Program
Simulation Laboratories (Ames Research Center)
SimLabs
Vertical Motion Simulation Complex (Simulation Laboratories (Ames Research Center))
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
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.
Arrangement of the NASA Ames Motion Simulator Research Collection
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