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You can even take the controls of the shuttle and try to bring her in for a landing.

This is the Charon Test Vehicle. Just another of the cool space toys you can see at this exhibit.

This is the Soyuz capsule that Charles Simonyi was in when he traveled into space. Not a lot of room in this thing.

The training is just part of the exhibit. There is a lot of space history an items to explore in this gallery.

Everyone always asks how astronauts used the restroom. Well, here's the toilet in the trainer. There's a copy outside that you can sit on if you like.

This is the view from the flight deck into the payload bay. The tube in the foreground is the airlock that would connect with the International Space Station.

This is the center console on the flight desk. You had better know which button you are pushing.

The view from behind the commander's chair in the cockpit. The flight deck is above the small living quarters and accessed by a ladder. Now I know why most astronauts are skinny.

These are the beds. Astronauts slept when they could in makeshift bunks attached to the hull of the shuttle.

This is the crew cabin side of the airlock out to the payload bay. Not a lot of room to move in here.

This is the 100 square foot living/working area. It doubled as space for experiments, sleeping and everything else during the mission. Cozy considering there were seven astronauts on each mission. The cabinet on the left is the kitchen. That's it.

This is the airlock from the payload bay into the crew compartment of the shuttle training. The boxes you see in the back are storage containers in the work area.

Unlike the shuttles that went into space and are on display elsewhere in the U.S., visitors to the Museum of Flight can go inside this piece of history, including into the 61 foot long payload bay.

It's hard to get a full picture of the shuttle trainer. It is 120 feet long. Every shuttle astronaut trained for their mission on this full-scale model.

New Shuttle Trainer on display at Museum of Flight

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