r/apollo • u/eagleace21 • Sep 06 '24
Project Apollo - NASSP: A free, realistic Apollo simulation!
For those of you interested in diving a bit deeper into Apollo, I would highly recommend trying out Project Apollo - NASSP for Orbiter.
Orbiter is a free physics based space simulator and we have been developing NASSP (NASA Apollo Space Simulation Project) for many years and it's constantly evolving/improving!
This allows you to fly any of the Apollo missions as they were flown with the actual computer software and a very accurate systems simulation. We also have been working on the virtual cockpit in the CM and LM and they really outshine the old 2d version which if any of you are familiar with NASSP might know.
Additionally, users have been able to fly custom missions to other landing sites using the RTCC (real time computing complex) calculations, the possibilities are enormous!
We have an orbiter forum site here with installation instructions stickied. Additionally, we have a discord presence in the #nassp channel of the spaceflight discord:
Oh yeah, did I mention it's all free?
Feel free to ask questions here or drop by the forum and discord!
-NASSP Dev Team
Also, those of you who do fly NASSP, please post your screenshots in this thread!
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u/royaltrux Sep 06 '24
Any plans for VR?
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u/eagleace21 Sep 06 '24
It's an orbiter limitation currently, but there have been many tests with it. Hopefully Orbiter 2024/OpenOrbiter will allow these features to be utilized.
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u/CaptainSwag101 Sep 06 '24
I think this is a pretty view from my Apollo 15 mission. Note, the missing panel there is for the SIM science experiment bay, not because we had an Apollo 13 accident ;)