Space simulator

A space simulator is a system that tries to replicate or simulate outer space and/or the experience of space flight in a spacecraft as closely and realistically as possible. This includes full-size cockpit replicas mounted on hydraulic rams, controlled by state of the art computer technology or elaborate watertanks for simulation of weightlessness. Space flight simulators are used almost solely by the aerospace industry and the military for cosmonaut/astronaut training, disaster simulation and spacecraft design.

Space simulators are devices used by scientists to study the environment of outer space and astrophysics. Examples include the Large Space Simulatorcite web | title =New Device Allows Safe And Fast Access To Large Space Simulator | publisher =Science Daily | date =March 27, 2005 | url =http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325162237.htm | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-11-23 ] at the European Space Research and Technology Centre and The Space Simulatorcite web | title =The Space Simulator –– Modeling The Universe On A Budget | publisher =Science Daily | date =June 23, 2004 | url =http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/06/040623082018.htm | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-11-23 ] at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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