-NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS: Space station astronauts find reliable ride home with help from NI LabVIEW software.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 November 1998-NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS: Space station astronauts find reliable ride home with help from National Instruments LabVIEW software (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:121198 -- NASA uses instrumentation software to validate space station 'lifeboat' HOUSTON -- Engineers at NASA are applying National Instruments LabVIEW graphical instrumentation software in their ongoing research, testing, and manufacturing of the Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), a small shuttle NASA expects to attach to the planned International Space Station.

The CRV, known as the X-38 Project, will serve as a 'lifeboat' for the space station crew to return to earth in case of emergencies and may also carry cargo or people back and forth to the space station. "LabVIEW is...