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[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Space_Shuttle#Mission_phases Space Shuttle Tutorial] | [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Space_Shuttle#Mission_phases Space Shuttle Tutorial] | ||
=== Flying the Shuttle - Launch And Post Insertion Advanced === | |||
= '''Prelaunch procedure''' = | |||
Let's start our journey, Astronauts have already been seated in the Shuttle for almost two hours, preliminaries checks are done. Configuration of computers, checks of the pressurisation, and many other tests. | |||
We start on the pad, holding the timer at 9 mn before lift off. | |||
[[File:On-the-pad.jpg|1000px|thumbnail|none]] | |||
=== Flying the Shuttle - Return To Launch Site RTLS === | === Flying the Shuttle - Return To Launch Site RTLS === |
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