Definition: An environment simulating one or more parameters of the space environment, applied in testing space systems or components. Often, a closed chamber is used, capable of approximating the vacuum and normal environments of space. (From NASA Thesaurus, 1988) This also includes simulated EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY studies in atmosphere exposure chambers or water tanks.
Other names Orbital Simulation; Models, Space; Space Simulations; Space Models; Space Model; Simulations, Space; Simulations, Orbital; Simulation, Space; Simulation, Orbital; Orbital Simulations; Model, Space
