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View of new centrifuge at Flight Acceleration Facility 01/1966

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Nasa/Novapix

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e-apo00-10000

Date

2007-08-28

View of the new centrifuge at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), located in the Flight Acceleration Facility. 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. Jan 20 1966