NASA JSC Cupola Simulator - Capturing a SpaceX Dragon

The Systems Engineering Simulator (SES) High-Bay resides in Houston, Texas as part of NASA's Johnson Space Center. This facility houses some of the training simulators NASA uses to train its astronauts.

Meghan Daley, the Lab Manager for SES talks with the crew about the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) simulator built into the Cupola Mock-Up. Das then gets to perform a simulated capture of a SpaceX Dragon capsule and talk more about the facility and how astronauts train to operate the SSRMS both on Earth and aboard the International Space Station.

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