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From: Houston, TX
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posted 06-27-2007 03:06 PM               

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Atlantis was the first orbiter to receive the glass cockpit (Multi-function Electronic Display System or MEDS) during its 1998 modification period, and it was used for the first time on mission STS-101 in May 2000.

Columbia was the second orbiter to undergo the upgrade, arriving in Palmdale in September 1999 and first flying with it installed on STS-109 in March 2002.

Discovery was upgraded during its Orbiter Major Modification period beginning in 2002 and flew it with it first on STS-114 in July 2005. Endeavour received its glass cockpit in December 2003 and will first launch with it on STS-118 in August 2007.

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From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012

posted 05-19-2020 11:34 AM               

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The space shuttle started flying with nine electronic display panels, aka a glass cockpit, in 2000. Did any of these display panels fail during a mission?

I believe I recall one or two possible incidents, but my memory is very fuzzy on this issue.

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