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Orbiter has never been commercial software. It has always been freeware. Closed source yes, but still free for anyone to download.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Berthing_Mechanism

The spherical objects are not airlocks but US made CBM berthing nodes, similar to the docking nodes on Zarya, Zvezda and the dedicated Node Module docked to the nadir docking port of the MLM Nauka.

This is a good page on SSF: http://www.astronautix.com/s/spacestationfreedom.html

Here's what the NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS) has on the subject of Space Station Freedom: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search?q=space%20station%20freedom

Yes, following the actual procedures in the Post-Insertion/Generic De-Orbit Prep FDFs for the PLBDs are now required. OPS 202 PRO on CRT4 in SM mode to load the PL BAY DOORS software and then ITEM 1 EXEC to enable enable AC power to the MMCAs that control the door actuators and then ITEM 3 EXEC...

The top texture is used for the repeated sections in the middle while the bottom texture is where the Solar Array Wing (SAWs) blankets meet the actual Solar Array Blanket Boxes (SABBs) in which the SAWs are stored when retracted. Also, these two are for the "inactive" side which do note have any...

CBM. What model likely depicts is an early iteration of what would later become the Common Berthing Mechanism. So the hatch would not be round but square with rounded edges. At this point nothing was finalized, in fact SSF only ever existed "on paper" so to say with no actual hardware built...

All APAS iterations from 75(ASTP, for which it was conceived) to 98 (refinement of design first intended for use on Buran to dock to Mir's Kristall module, the only one with APAS on its node) used 3 petals. APAS-75 had the petals splayed outwards at an angle of 40°s. Later revisions changed this...

Not sure of the version but it has never been updated, ever. So trying looking at whatever version that was the latest around mid-2016.

They still can be obtained through the Internet Archive's capture of the page: https://web.archive.org/web/20170602190111/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/flightdatafiles/index.html

SSV is all about realism and that includes the actual panels and DPS displays used. In case of the PAMs, they were controlled from a Standard Switch Panel (SSP) on L11 as well as through a set of DPS displays...

The alignment of the Crawler is done through the use both the Laser Docking System (LDS) and ground observers stationed outside the Crawler that are in communication with the LDS operator in the Crawler Engineer Control Room who is also in communication with the operators in the driver cabs. The...

Turning it slowly is what I am trying to do, but due to the deadzone it is pvery difficult to establish and maintain <2°/s rate as you end up overshooting it and up with a 3°/s or more rate. It is good to read that this will be taken care of. On the same subject, I have found that a 2.0 value...

I think there's something wrong with the RCS currently. I have to deflect my joystick (X52) quite a lot to get any sort of response from the RCS. I have checked with SPEC 43 CONTROLLERS in OPS8 and I am getting the appropriate controller response that I expect, so it looks like there's something...

Well, it kind of is, Felix24 was working on something a few years back: https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/d3d9client-development.16787/post-580404

The reason for the RSLS Abort is usually listed in the orbiter.log file, so take a look at the bottom.

Well, we do have the routine that is used to apply the SRB BSM scorch marks on the ET. I don't see why it could not be used for a similar effect on the orbiter, but triggered by some event.

Is there any way to make the gaps created by a normal map darker? I'm trying to create a hi-res texture Columbia and Challenger, and I am using a normal map for the tiles to simulate the tile-to-tile gap, but as you can see in the attached screenshot, the gaps doesn't look quite right with the...

SSRMS schematic