Acoustics Inside the Space Shuttle Orbiter and the International Space Station

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry R. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Space Station ◽  
International Space

scholarly journals Shuttle diplomacy

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (07) ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
Burton Dicht
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Space Program ◽  
International Space ◽  
New Vision ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The U.S

This article analyzes the decisions and technological challenges that drove the Space Shuttle’s development. The goal of the Shuttle program was to create a reusable vehicle that could reduce the cost of delivering humans and large payloads into space. Although the Shuttle was a remarkable flying machine, it never lived up to the goals of an airline-style operation with low operating costs. In January 2004, a year after the Columbia accident, President George W. Bush unveiled the “Vision for U.S. Space Exploration” to guide the U.S. space effort for the next two decades. A major component of the new vision, driven by the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, was to retire the Space Shuttle fleet as soon as the International Space Station assembly was completed. With cancellation of the Constellation program in 2010, the planned successor to the Shuttle, the U.S. space program is now in an era of uncertainty.

scholarly journals The Return of Manned Missions

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (07) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
Chitra Sethi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Space Station ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Space Station ◽  
The United States ◽  
Space Program ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
International Space ◽  
Space Suits ◽  
And Training

The United States space program has been without a launch vehicle for human spaceflight since 2011. That was when the space shuttle Atlantis returned on its final flight. Since then, NASA has relied on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to take its astronauts to the International Space Station. However, if all goes to plan this could soon change, as two private companies are working with NASA to launch the first astronauts into orbit. The companies, SpaceX and Boeing, are building crew capsules and rockets, designing space suits, and training astronauts to fly these new vehicles into space.

A Lighting and Visibility Evaluation of the Shuttle/Mir Docking Target

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos E. Sampaio ◽  
Andrea H. Berman ◽  
Terence F. Fleming ◽  
Lynn A. Backemeyer
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Image Data ◽  
International Space ◽  
Critical Information ◽  
Camera View ◽  
Target Visibility ◽  
Target Design

As a prelude to the assembly of the International Space Station Alpha, the Space Shuttle will dock with the current Russian Mir Space Station several times. In order to align the docking interfaces, the Shuttle commander will use a camera view of a target mounted inside the Mir docking hatch to determine and to correct misalignment. An evaluation took place at NASA's Johnson Space Center to determine if modifications to the target design resolved previous visibility issues and to quantify the effect of orbital shadows on the commander's ability to perceive target cues. Both the commander and pilot of the first two docking missions participated as subjects. Results of this evaluation showed that target visibility issues were resolved. Critical information was also provided to operations engineers regarding how to deal with orbital shadows during rendezvous. These results assisted ground operations controllers in instructing the STS-63 crew on what image data was required to verify expected on-orbit conditions for upcoming Shuttle/Mir missions.

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