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Coordinates:37°5′8″N76°22′41″W / 37.08556°N 76.37806°W /37.08556; -76.37806

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Rendezvous Docking Simulator
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Virginia Landmarks Register

Docking practice during Apollo program
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Location	Hampton, Virginia
Coordinates	37°5′8″N76°22′41″W / 37.08556°N 76.37806°W /37.08556; -76.37806
Built	1963
Architect	NASA
NRHP reference No.	85002809
VLR No.	114-0141
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1985^[2]
Designated NHL	October 3, 1985^[3]
Designated VLR	February 18, 1986^[1]

TheRendezvous Docking Simulator, also known as theReal-Time Dynamic Simulator, is asimulator at theLangley Research Center. It was constructed for the Gemini program inBuilding 1244 and it became operational in June 1963 at a cost of $320,000^[4] and later reconfigured for the Apollo program.^[4] The simulator consists of agantry frame, with an overhead carriage from which test craft were suspended by cables.^[5] Agimbal was powered hydraulically and was capable of changing pitch and yaw at a rate of 1 radian per second or roll at 2 radians per second. The gantry also moved like an overhead crane using electric motors and was capable of travelling 210 feet (64 m) longitudinally at up to 20 feet per second (6.1 m/s), 16 feet (4.9 m) laterally at up to 4 feet per second (1.2 m/s) and vertically 45 feet (14 m) at up to 10 feet per second (3.0 m/s).^[6]

It is the only surviving simulator from theNASA Gemini andApollo space programs that was used by astronauts to practice docking of space capsules with other vessels.^[3] Ability to dock reliably with theApollo Lunar Module was a crucial skill essential for the mission to return from the Moon.^[5] The docking simulator was used alongside theProjection Planetarium in training exercises.

It was declared aNational Historic Landmark in 1985.^[3]^[5]^[7]

Currently it is stored, hanging from the rafters in Building 1244, a vast hangar at Langley, and there are no plans for it otherwise.^[3]^[5]

Multi exposure of Rendezvous Docking Simulator in use
Simulator controls
Simulating docking the lunar and command modules in lunar orbit in 1967

References

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^"114-0141 Rendezvous Docking Simulator". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. February 20, 2019.Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. RetrievedApril 15, 2022.
^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"Rendezvous Docking Simulator".National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on May 12, 2008. RetrievedApril 26, 2008.
^^a ^bHangar – NasaCRgis
^^a ^b ^c ^dHarry A. Butowsky (May 15, 1984)."National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Rendezvous Docking Simulator / Real-Time Dynamic Simulator"(pdf). National Park Service. andAccompanying five photos, from 1964 and 1984 (32 KB)
^"Rendezvous Docking Simulator"(PDF). NASA. January 25, 1966. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on March 4, 2016.
^Harry A. Butowsky (May 15, 1984)."National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Rendezvous Docking Simulator / Real-Time Dynamic Simulator"(PDF). National Park Service. (version at Virginia DHR, also including 5 maps showing location of Langley and the simulator within Langley)

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