Indicator, Surface Position (SPI), Shuttle, Columbia
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Bendix Corp.
- Summary
- This surface position indicator (SPI) instrument was removed from the Space Shuttle Columbia during its upgrade to an electronic "glass cockpit" in 1999-2000. It displays the actual and commanded positions of the elevons, body flap, rudder, aileron and speed brake. The SPI instrument is active during entry and landing and during the entry portion of emergency return-to-launch site phases of flight.
- NASA transferred the set of Columbia's old cockpit instruments to the Museum in 2005.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA Kennedy Space Center and United Space Alliance
- Inventory Number
- A20050397000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Instruments & Payloads
- Materials
- Anodized aluminum, cast aluminum, paint, Velcro, plastic, adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 17.8 x 22.9 x 9.5cm (7 x 9 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20050397000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv908e8d4b4-b74e-46b9-bc18-3ee3db4fe6cc
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