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Beginning training for the Neurolab Mission, which is planned for launch on the space shuttle in the spring of 1998, are astronauts and members of the NASA team who recently visited MIT to check out a virtual reality display and software. Left to right: James Pawelczik, NASA scientist and payload specialist; Stuart Johnston, experimental support; David Williams (seated), NASA mission specialist from Lockheed Martin; and Charles Oman, director of the MIT Man-Vehicle Lab in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on January 15, 1997.

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