NASA Photo ID: S66-17698           File Name: 10074717.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 01/20/66
Title: View of new centrifuge at Flight Acceleration Facility
Description:
View of the new centrifuge at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), located
in  the Flight Acceleration Facility, bldg 29. The 50-ft. arm can swing the
three  man gondola to create g-forces astronauts will experience during
controlled  flight and during reentry. The centrifuge was designed
primarily for training  Apollo astronauts.                 
Subject terms:
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CENTRIFUGES                             
FACILITIES                              
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER                    
REDUCED GRAVITY                         
SIMULATORS                              
TEXAS                                   
TRAINING DEVICES                        

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