A-OK! The Wings of Mercury

• Real-time trajectory modeling accurately simulates the ascent, orbital and reentry dynamics of the spacecraft. Atmospheric drag, thrust and mass are just three of the many variables used in the sophisticated integration techniques used.
  
  
• Accurate, real-time 3D graphics that simulate the cockpit and window view. An external view of the spacecraft is also available.
  
  
• Over 120 fully-operational switches, gauges and indicators that must be operated using the actual checklists and flight plans used by the Mercury astronauts. Over a decade of research has gone into ensuring this level of accuracy.
  
  
• You can modify booster mass, thrust and burn time which affects the spacecraft's trajectory and orbit.
  
  
• Astronaut psychological data, spacecraft and booster parameters and other data that can be saved so you can rerun a particular mission again and again or share a particularly challenging mission with a friend or classmate. System failures can be automatically generated based on difficulty level or can be fine-tuned to the second!
  
  
• Cloud cover and wind conditions can be varied at both the launch and landing sites using a simple drop down menu.
  
  
• At the end of a simulation, A-OK! can produce a detailed HTML-based report on your mission. All major events, system performance, astronaut tasks and trajectory data are covered. The data can be in either English or Metric system and A-OK! can automatically open up your default web browser when the report is ready.
  
  
• In single user mode, you can communicate with ground stations via large vocabulary communications Auto CapCom. In addition to supplying information on your current status, Auto CapCom can warn you of potentially dangerous situations. Just like the real thing, you can only receive when you are over a ground stations and you'll get static as you slip in and slip out of range. UHF and HF radios are simulated with the traits of both modeled: clearer signal the chief advantage of the former and longer range the advantage of the latter.
  
  
• Astronauts are "editable" and are biologically and psychologically simulated so that factors like weight, flight experience, etc., affect consumable usage and heat generation. Astronauts with above average flight experience will not have as large of a physiological reaction to the more stressful segments of a mission as less experience ones. Larger astronauts will consume more oxygen and produce more heat than smaller ones.
  
  
• All parameters can be recorded for later analysis, including trajectory, environmental system, attitude control system, electrical system and Astronaut physiological data. This data is saved in a standard comma-delimited text file that you can export to an external analysis tool like Microsoft Excel. Students can bring home the mission data and create a detail analysis on a particular aspect of the mission as homework or extra credit.
  
  
• A separate application that networks to the main simulation providing a full simulation of the Mercury Mission Control Center as well as the spacecraft. With this application, teachers can utilize one to ten additional computers to directly engage many students in the simulation. Space flight enthusiasts can network with other enthusiasts to run large-scale simulations over the web.