The MSTF building looking north-east.

The building has a North Wing and a South Wing. The South Wing has been expanded in 1991. This extension has been marked in blue and is not depicted in the floor plans shown below.

In the background the circular shaped building 29, the Flight Accelerator Facility. It was used to prepare the Apollo crew for the launch and the reentry phase of their mission.

In the MSTF the Apollo astronauts were prepeared for their missions in the CSM and LM simulators. These simulators could also be connected to the Mission Control Center for a socalled integrated simulation.
In the Apollo LM mock-up area astronauts were prepared for their lunar surface exploration activities.
The Water Immersion Facility (WIF) was used to train astronauts for extra vehicle actvities (EVA's)

This floorplan of the MSTF represents the situation in late 1971 when the Skylab trainer facilities were installed to prepare the astronauts for the Skylab missions as from May 1973.
OWS: Orbital Workshop
MDA: Multiple Docking Adapter

The MSTF has also been used to train astronauts for the Gemini missions. The Gemini program was instrumental for the development of the Apollo Program. In the floorplan the footprint of the Gemini spacecraft simulator is shown.

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The Gemini spacecraft simulator in the North Wing of the MSTF.

The Gemini spacecraft simulator with the peripheral equipment in the North Wing of the MSTF.

The Gemini docking simulator in the South Wing of the MSTF. (not depicted in the floor plan)

The Apollo CSM simulator with the peripheral equipment in the North Wing of the MSTF.

The Apollo LM simulator with the peripheral equipment in the North Wing of the MSTF.

The Apollo mock-up area in the North Wing of the MSTF.

The Water Immersion Facility in the North Wing of the MSTF. In this watertank astronauts were trained for extra vehicle activities (EVA's).

The Apollo Translation and Docking Simulator (TDS) in the North Wing of the MSTF.
Most of the docking training was done in the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

A docking simulator to flight-qualify the docking mechanism.

Training mockups of the Skylab space station’s components in the South Wing of the MSFT. The Orbital Workshop (OWS) in the background and the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) in the foreground.

Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. is standing in the Multiple Docking Adapter.

Skylab-3 astronauts Owen K. Garriott, left, Alan L. Bean, and Jack R. Lousma at the wardroom in the Skylab Orbital Workshop trainer in July 1973.

Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson is practicing with the control and display panel for the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) during simulations inside the one G trainer for the Multiple Docking Adapter.

1. Jake Garn Mission Simulation and Training Facility, Building 5
   Historical Documentation
   Prepared for: NASA, Johnson Space Center, Houston
   Prepared by: Archaelogical Consultants, Inc, Sarasota, Florida
   March 2010