Space Station Freedom capabilities for usersSpace Station Freedom's major objectives are to prepare for human space exploration by providing a long-duration, continuously habitable spacecraft in low earth orbit for physiology studies and for development of systems to support human presence in space and to enable laboratory and observational research in space. As a result of restructuring and the preliminary design review, designs of Space Station Freedom architecture and systems have progressed to the point where the accommodations for users can be well described. These capabilities are enumerated, covering such important resources as power and cooling, rack volume and external accommodations, crew time, data and command rates, and acceleration environment. Related items such as total energy, data management systems, and interfaces, station attitude, payload transportation, and on board and ground facilities are considered.
Document ID
19920029856
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Taylor, William W. L. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Snyder, Robert S. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Willenberg, Harvey J. (Boeing Co. Huntsville, AL, United States)