NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Astronaut Joan Higginbotham sits in the cockpit of a NASA T-38 trainer jet. Image Credit: NASA

      the part of an airplane or space shuttle where the pilot sits

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Sentences:
The commander and pilot of the space shuttle sit in the cockpit.

Before our airplane took off, my little sister and I got to go sit in the cockpit with the pilot.

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More Information:
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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-101/html/s99_01418.html   →
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