The "Space Shuttle Mission Simulator: The Collector's Edition" is available at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

We are happy to announce that the "Space Shuttle Mission Simulator: The Collector's Edition"(tm) is now available at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor's Complex, as part of the new Space Shuttle section of the Gift Shop.

Orlando vacations aren't complete without a trip to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Just east of the most popular Orlando attractions and theme parks, NASA's launch headquarters is the only place on Earth where you can tour launch areas, meet a veteran astronaut, see giant rockets, train in spaceflight simulators, and even view a launch.

The "Space Shuttle Mission Simulator: The Collector's Edition" (tm) is the most realistic and exciting Space Shuttle simulator available today on Windows PC, and it is designed to provide the full experience and excitement of the NASA Space Shuttle missions in incredible detail.

STS Quiz: there are 2 x SSMS and 10 x F-SIM Shuttle for iPhone to be won!

Space Shuttle Atlantis has just finished her last day in space with a picture perfect landing at the Kennedy Space Center. We are taking the opportunity to celebrate 25 years and 32 successful missions with a quiz about Atlantis and STS in general, and very cool prizes to win: Exciting Simulations is giving away two licenses of the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator for Windows PC, and F-SIM is giving away 10 free licenses of their Space Shuttle for iPhone!

The questions are:

1. Which was the first Space Shuttle to dock with a Space Station?
2. Which Shuttle flew the first DoD mission?
3. Which Space Shuttle was delivered to Kennedy Space Center on April 9, 1985?
4. How many DoD missions did Atlantis fly?
5. Which runways are available for landing in F-SIM Space Shuttle?
6. How many missions are currently simulated in the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator for PC?

In order to participate, you must join the SSMS and F-SIM forums and send your answers as a PM to the Admins.

Enjoy!

Article about our Space Shuttle Mission Sim just published

For our German-speaking friends, here is an article about our Space Shuttle Mission Simulator that was just published in the Austrian Space Forum newsletter.

Check the link and click on the newsletter picture near the blue newsletter box. The online reading experience of the newsletter is cool by itself, so give it a try even if you don't speak German.

The article is on page 9 of the newsletter. http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.phtml

Space Shuttle Mission Simulator™ New Demo Released

Exciting Simulations has released today a new free demo for the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator™.

As before, the demo contains only the STS-1 mission without any limitations, but now it also includes all the cool performance, optimization, graphics and functional improvements added to the simulator ever since it has been released.

The demo now better reflects the current status of the sim. Many of the improvements are evident in the full version of the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator which also includes the full missions set. Among the more popular missions in the full version the most notable are STS-124, STS-125 and STS-130 made famous by its unique cargo – the Cupola module which literally opens new windows on the International Space Station.

The demo also includes the latest Quick Start and Commander’s Reference manuals.

The Space Shuttle Mission Simulator™ is available for online purchase in downloadable format at the SSMS official website: www.space-shuttle-mission.com. The latest Demo can also be downloaded freely at the same website.

Shuttle Night landing at KSC SSMS screenshot

A screenshot of a Shuttle Night landing at KSC in the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator (SSMS) for Windows PCs: we thought you'd like to see the latest visuals so here is a small example.

Click on the image to see the full-resolution version.

New, free Features Pack v5.30 released for the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator

We have released today the new, free Features Pack v5.30 for the Space Shuttle Mission 2007. This update supersedes and totally replaces Mission Pack 5.25 and it includes:

• Improved and realistic night landing runway and guidance lights - bringing SSMS to the latest runway lighting status
• The usual minor changes and fixes
  

Exciting Simulations donating licenses to education

Hot off Facebook:

"In an effort to bringing Space Exploration closer to everybody, we have decided to DONATE up to 50 licenses of the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator to any not-for-profit, official/accredited US-based educational institution, preferably aimed at 12 y/o and up, and with a science or space-related program.

If you are an official rep of such an institution, please contact us privately on FB and we'll discuss the details. Please verify that your PC lab meets or exceeds the requirements to run the sim. If one school/lab does not need 50 licenses, we'll pass the reminder to the next in line and so on. The hardwaref/software requirements can be examined at www.space-shuttle-mission.com at the bottom of the "ABOUT" page. If this step is successful, we may look into repeating it in other countries."

We can be contacted also directly via "info at space-shuttle-mission dot com"