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Step onto Mars with Vertical Motion Simulator
Created: 10/06/2006
Video description: NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley is home to SimLabs--simulation laboratories where you can take control of a virtual airport or explore the skies and space with the Vertical Motion Simulator. Take a look inside the facility.

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