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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]Here is the training unit on display at Space Center Houston: <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/review/mmu_spacecenterhouston01-lg.jpg" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/mmu_spacecenterhouston01.jpg" WIDTH="400" BORDER="0"></A></CENTER>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Flying Dutchman</TD><TD>Where are the manned maneuvering units (MMUs) used, for example, by Bruce McCandless, Dale Gardner and Joe Allen? Are they in storage or in a museum? And am I right, the tetherless MMUs are not used anymore?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>The Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) flown by McCandless — MMU Number 3 — was acquired by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1998. In October 2004, it taken out of storage and <A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-102004a.html#102604" TARGET=_blank>hung in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar</A> at the museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly Virginia.<center><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-102604c.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="300"></center>I believe the other two flight units are still the property of NASA, though I may be mistaken. A training unit is on display at Space Center Houston. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Flying Dutchman: And am I right, the tetherless MMUs are not used anymore?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, the last flight of the MMU was in November 1984. Today however, modern U.S. spacesuits are outfitted with SAFER (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue) a snap-on MMU of sorts, intended for emergency use should an astronaut become separated from the shuttle or station.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Delta7</TD><TD>How many MMUs were built?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Mr Meek</TD><TD>A flight article is on display at the US Space & Rocket Center:<center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/mrmeek/mmu_display01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/mrmeek/mmu_display01.jpg" width="400" height="300" border="0"></a></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>A Guard-Lee high-fidelity replica of the same MMU (no. 2) on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center can be found opposite the exit from the Shuttle Launch Experience at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.<CENTER><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/mmu_shuttlexperience01.jpg" WIDTH="400"></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Here is the training unit on display at Space Center Houston:<CENTER><A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/review/mmu_spacecenterhouston01-lg.jpg" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/mmu_spacecenterhouston01.jpg" WIDTH="400" BORDER="0"></A></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>AFGAS</TD><TD>There is also a model (Guard-Lee I believe) at the Coca-Cola Space Science Center in Columbus GA.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Greggy_D</TD><TD>Which flights/astronauts used which MMUs?Obviously McCandless (STS-41B) used #3.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Jay Chladek</TD><TD>The building at JSC that houses the vaccuum chamber (not sure the number of the building) also has an MMU on display near the building's entrance. I don't know if it is a training mockup or a flight article though (I doubt it is a flight article). You can see it on the Level 9 tour as it visits the vacuum chamber.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Delta7</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Greggy_D: Which flights/astronauts used which MMUs?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I believe the MMU was used on only three missions. STS-41B (McCandless/Stewart); STS-41C (Nelson/van Hoften), and STS-51A (Allen/Gardner). Which MMUs were used on each flight I couldn't tell you.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Flying Dutchman</TD><TD>Can anyone tell me some more about the KSC MMU in the Visitor's Shop? Is it a training one or just a replica? </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>AFGAS</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Delta7: Which MMUs were used on each flight I couldn't tell you.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> According to the <A HREF="https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/manned-maneuvering-unit-mmu/nasm_A20010176000" TARGET="AirLock">Smithsonian</A>, MMU #3 flew all three flights.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>ilbasso</TD><TD>There is an Astronaut Maneuvering Unit (AMU) trainer aboard the USS Hornet with pictures of Gene Cernan training to use the AMU on Gemini IX.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>kr4mula</TD><TD>There's also an <A HREF="http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=554">AMU mockup</A> at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>From the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum (<A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/PuebloWeisbrodAircraftMuseum/posts/pfbid0yzHq8f1TzLWbrdjc3M91kDSAwQSe3JxktTimm3vUkmfbmmCmtEnFHDzMKxBjVsuHl" target="AirLock">via Facebook</a>): <BLOCKQUOTE>Super excited to show off our new addition to the Southern Colorado Space Museum in Hangar 2!! On loan from Lockheed Martin, this is a real space suit with a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) enabled a few astronauts to maneuver in outer space, outside of spacecraft, and free of tether lines.</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/scsm_mmu01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/scsm_mmu01.jpg" width="400" height="500" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/scsm_mmu02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/scsm_mmu02.jpg" width="400" height="500" border="0"></a></center></TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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