Move your mouse over the images to the left to view more photos and learn about each of the trainers in the SVMF. The Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) develops, operates and maintains the mockup and trainer facilities to support astronaut training and engineering activities at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The SVMF consists of: Space Shuttle Orbiter Trainers Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) Crew Compartment Trainer II (CCT II) International Space Station Trainer Space Station Mockup and Training Facility (SSMTF) Other Facilities Precision Air Bearing Facility (PABF) Partial Gravity Simulator (POGO)
People of the SVMF It takes a versatile team comprising a variety of skills and experience to develop, maintain and operate the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. Specialists such as designers, engineers, project managers, electronic technicians and shop technicians create accurate mockups that are used to train astronauts, test systems and procedures and serve as gravity-bound simulations.