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View of new centrifuge at Flight Acceleration Facility
View of the new centrifuge at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), located in the Flight Acceleration Facility, bldg 29. The 50-ft. arm can swing the three man gondola to create g-forces astronauts will experience during controlled flight and during reentry. The centrifuge was designed primarily for training Apollo astronauts.
Catalog Date: 20 January 1966
Film Type: 4x5
NASA image: S66-17698