At the European Space Agency Technical Center in April, officials of
the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Russia, demonstrated
a rendezvous and docking simulation using software developed by MITRE.
The Russians linked a space station simulation running in Noordwijk,
Holland, with a robot supply vehicle simulation running in Star City,
Russia, to form a training and analysis capability to deal with the
complexities of space operations near the Mir and International Space
Station. The Russians chose the Defense Department's High Level Architecture
(HLA) as the infrastructure for their simulation linkage. MITRE has
had a key role in the development of the HLA, including the development
of the HLA Runtime Infrastructure (RTI) software used in the Russian
demonstration. If all goes well, the Russians plan to use this system
on board the Mir space station. For more about HLA, see High
Level Architecture.
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