How to identify which Space Shuttle, from a high-res cockpit photograph?

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I found this terrific photo of an STS orbiter cockpit online, however it does not mention which orbiter:

Shuttle cockpit

How might one determine which orbiter this is? The wear on the consoles seem to indicate that they were brushed often in a fashion that seems consistent with floating in, not walking in, so I don't think that this is a simulator. Also, the photographs of simulators don't seem to have the velcro stickers everywhere. Here is the high res photograph for detail.

Sort of puts the ADI/RCS/abort panel in context. (It's below the middle screen on the left.) — user, Jun 08 '15 at 11:59
@MichaelKjörling: Thank you. I actually did find a similar picture which ruled out Challenger but then realized that both it and the photo that you mention are before the glass-cockpit update. — dotancohen, Jun 08 '15 at 12:02

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-09T14:04:22.077

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It's Space Shuttle Columbia, as I learned from a Google image search of the image itself (find similar), which came up with this result among others:

http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/multimedia/detail.cfm?id=1654

I would be very interested to learn if there are ways to tell the cockpits apart from just the image, though.

From the comments:

It's a whole lot easier to tell from looking at the aft cockpit or the middeck. In fact, after MEDS was installed, I don't know if one can tell by looking at the forward panels - Organic Marble

edited Jun 09 '15 at 14:04

answered Jun 08 '15 at 11:38

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

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Very nice, thank you! What did you google for? I tried "Columbia cockpit", "Endeavour cockpit", etc but did not find that. – dotancohen Jun 08 '15 at 11:52
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I googled for the image itself. You can do that by drag&dropping it into the search bar. – Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Jun 08 '15 at 11:53
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I had no idea!‎ – dotancohen Jun 08 '15 at 11:55

How to identify which Space Shuttle, from a high-res cockpit photograph?

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