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Space Station Freedom pressurized element interior design processThe process used to develop the on-orbit working and living environment of the Space Station Freedom has some very unique constraints and conditions to satisfy. The goal is to provide maximum efficiency and utilization of the available space, in on-orbit, zero G conditions that establishes a comfortable, productive, and safe working environment for the crew. The Space Station Freedom on-orbit living and working space can be divided into support for three major functions: (1) operations, maintenance, and management of the station; (2) conduct of experiments, both directly in the laboratories and remotely for experiments outside the pressurized environment; and (3) crew related functions for food preparation, housekeeping, storage, personal hygiene, health maintenance, zero G environment conditioning, and individual privacy, and rest. The process used to implement these functions, the major requirements driving the design, unique considerations and constraints that influence the design, and summaries of the analysis performed to establish the current configurations are described. Sketches and pictures showing the layout and internal arrangement of the Nodes, U.S. Laboratory and Habitation modules identify the current design relationships of the common and unique station housekeeping subsystems. The crew facilities, work stations, food preparation and eating areas (galley and wardroom), and exercise/health maintenance configurations, waste management and personal hygiene area configuration are shown. U.S. Laboratory experiment facilities and maintenance work areas planned to support the wide variety and mixtures of life science and materials processing payloads are described.
Document ID
19910029157
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hopson, George D.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Aaron, John
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Grant, Richard L.
(Boeing Aerospace and Electronics Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1990
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Report/Patent Number
IAF PAPER 90-071
Accession Number
91A13780
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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