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===Guidance, Navigation and Control===
 
===Guidance, Navigation and Control===
 
====How is the Space Shuttle controlled in real life?====
 
====How is the Space Shuttle controlled in real life?====
The orbiter is usually controlled automatically by the [[GPC|GPCs]] except during landing and some orbit maneuvers (eg docking). Manual control is possible by using [[Rotary hand controller|rotary hand controllers]] and [[Translation hand controller|translation hand controllers]], which can be used in many different operation modes.
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The orbiter is usually controlled automatically by the [[GPC|GPCs]] except during landing and some orbit maneuvers (eg docking). Manual control is possible by using [[Rotary hand controller|Rotary hand controllers]] and [[Translation hand controller|Translation hand controllers]], which can be used in many different operation modes.
  
  
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Also during rendezvous with the [[International Space Station]], the orbiter will do a 360° pitch-around manuever that will allow the ISS crew to photograph the TPS that will later be downlinked to the ground.
 
Also during rendezvous with the [[International Space Station]], the orbiter will do a 360° pitch-around manuever that will allow the ISS crew to photograph the TPS that will later be downlinked to the ground.
 
[[Category: Articles]]
 
[[Category: Tutorials]]
 

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