Walter Cronkite in the Reduced Gravity Simulator
Walter Cronkite in the Reduced Gravity Simulator. Various views of Cronkite in the Lunar Landing Research Facility's Reduced Gravity Simulator which was used to train the astronauts for weightlessness. L68-8308 Caption: "During a 1968 visit to Langley, then CBS News Anchorman Walter Cronkite tries out the Reduced Gravity Simulator, a series of cable-supported slings designed to approximate the Moon's gravity, 1/6th that of Earth's." Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, p 91, by James Schultz.
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NASA ID
LRC-1968-B701_P-08304
Date Created
August 13, 1968
Center
LRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA Bob Nye
Location
NASA Langley Research Center
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