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SPACE SHUTTLE SIMULATOR MISSION ELAPSED TIME PANEL
20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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SPACE SHUTTLE SIMULATOR MISSION ELAPSED TIME PANEL
Metal and glass rectangular panel, 11 x 5 x 2 inches, labeled "MET," left digital screen measuring 2½ x 1½ inches labeled "DAYS," right digital screen measuring 5¼ x 1½ inches labeled "HRS MIN SEC," 1 x 2½ power port to lower panel.
PROVENANCE: Property of an institution.
Used by NASA on the space missions, most notably those of the Space Shuttle, the Mission Elapsed Time Panel (MET) was used to keep times of all events occurring after launch because of the fact that so much of the mission depends on the time of launch. The MET is set to zero at the moment of liftoff, and counts forward in increments of seconds, minutes, hours, and days.
PROVENANCE: Property of an institution.
Used by NASA on the space missions, most notably those of the Space Shuttle, the Mission Elapsed Time Panel (MET) was used to keep times of all events occurring after launch because of the fact that so much of the mission depends on the time of launch. The MET is set to zero at the moment of liftoff, and counts forward in increments of seconds, minutes, hours, and days.


