Tulsa Air and Space Museum to receive NASA Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer

Tulsa Air and Space Museum to receive NASA Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer

TULSA, OK – The Tulsa Air and Space Museum announced they will receive a Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer from NASA.

The full-size Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer was used to train astronauts during the Shuttle Program.  The Shuttle Trainer is a high-fidelity life-size replica of the Shuttle nose, cockpit and crew compartment of a shuttle, and will be added to the Air and Space Museum’s NASA collection.  The Shuttle Trainer exhibit will host educational programs and be used for special and private events in and around the artifact.

STS-135: The Last Space Shuttle Launch

Atlantis will be making the final space shuttle launch shortly. Watch below.





Streaming Video by Ustream

NASA to announce shuttle destinations

NASA is about to announce the destinations for each space shuttle upon retirement. Tulsa is in the running, and has been lobbying to 'Land The Shuttle' for quite some time. The live feed is below.




Free Videos by Ustream.TV

UPDATE:
Atlantis will go to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The California Science Center will be home for Endeavor.
Discovery will go to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center just outside of Washington D.C.
Enterprise will go to New York City.

Other locations will receive hardware and artifacts related to the space shuttles, so Tulsa might still get something.