![]() Earth, your starting point The Moon, Earth’s celestial companion Mercury, the smallest planet of our solar system and the closest to the Sun Venus, Earth’s inside neighbour with an extremely dense and hot atmosphere Mars, the red planet with a thin atmosphere Phobos, Mars’ inner moon, with rough terrain and low gravity Deimos, Mars’ outer moon, with an extremely low gravity and a smooth surface. Realistic simulators feature spacecraft systems and instrument simulation, using a combination of extensive keyboard shortcuts and mouse clicks on virtual instrument panels. Most of the maneuvers and operations consist of setting certain systems into the desired configuration, or in setting autopilots. Real time hands on piloting can happen, depending on the simulated spacecraft. For example, it is common to use a joystick analog control to land a space shuttle (or any other spaceplane) or the LEM (or similar landers). Dockings can be performed more precisely using the numerical keypad. Overall, the simulations have more complex control systems than game, with the limit being the physical reproduction of the actual simulated spacecraft (see Simulation cockpit).
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