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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
19900019281
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Hopson, George D.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL., United States)
Aaron, John
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX., United States)
Grant, Richard L.
(Boeing Aerospace Co. Huntsville, AL., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-181297
NAS 1.26:181297
Accession Number
90N28597
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-50000
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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