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Full-scale Skylab Apollo telescope mount deployment testsDuring the initial stages of the NASA Skylab orbit, the Apollo telescope mount (ATM) is deployed by the deployment assembly (DA) which clears the multiple docking adapter axial docking port. This is an essential prerequisite to docking the command service module with the orbital workshop and subsequent occupancy of the workshop by the Apollo three-man crew. The objectives of the full-scale NASA Skylab ATM deployment test program were (1) to evaluate the design concept of the DA and deployment mechanisms while functioning in a zero-g environment with simulated ATM mass properties and (2) to evaluate the effects of handling, transporting, and deployment with respect to the structural geometry and stability of the DA.
Document ID
19720014617
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Fricker, G. F.
(McDonnell Aircraft Co. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Space Simulation
Subject Category
Facilities, Research, And Support
Accession Number
72N22267
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS9-6555
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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