Stock Photo - 07/08/1999 __ In the cockpit of the orbiter Atlantis, which is in the Orbiter Processing Facility, Laural Patrick left, a systems engineer with MEDS, points out a feature of the newly installed Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem MEDS, known as the glass cockpit, to U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon. The congressman is on the House Science Committee and vice chairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee. He was in Palmdale, Calif., when Atlantis underwent the modification and he wanted to see the final product. The full_color, flat_panel MEDS upgrade improves crew/orbiter interaction with easy_to_read, graphic portrayals of key flight indicators like attitude display and mach speed. The installation makes Atlantis the most modern orbiter in the fleet and equals the systems on current commercial jet airliners and military aircraft. Atlantis is scheduled to fly on mission STS_101 in early December