![]() ![]() The previous system only allowed for landings at military bases. It will allow Endeavour to make a landing at any runway long enough to handle the shuttle. The three-string global positioning system will improve the shuttle's landing capability. Endeavour was the last vehicle in the fleet to receive this system. ![]() It provides easy-to-read graphics portraying key flight indicators like attitude display and mach speed. The glass cockpit is a new, full-color, flat-panel display system that improves interaction between the crew and orbiter. Two of the more extensive modifications included the addition of the multi-functional electronic display system (glass cockpit), and the three-string global positioning system. Eighty five of the modifications are complete and 39 are still underway. These included recommended return to flight safety modifications, bonding more than 1,000 thermal protection system tiles and inspecting more than 150 miles of wiring. "Having three operational vehicles in the fleet affords the shuttle program great schedule flexibility, as we move toward flying safely and completing the international space station," said Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale.Įngineers and technicians spent 900,000 hours performing 124 modifications to the vehicle. The powering of Endeavour signaled the end of the orbiter's major modification period at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. ![]() Engineers cheered as electricity coursed through Space Shuttle Endeavour today for the first time in two years. ![]()
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