Design, development, and fabrication of extravehicular activity tools for support of the transfer orbit stageSeven extravehicular activity (EVA) tools and a tool carrier have been designed and developed by MSFC in order to provide a two fault tolerant system for the transfer orbit stage (TOS) shuttle mission. The TOS is an upper stage booster for delivering payloads to orbits higher than the shuttle can achieve. Payloads are required not to endanger the shuttle even after two failures have occurred. The Airborne Support Equipment (ASE), used in restraining and deploying TOS, does not meet this criteria. The seven EVA tools designed will provide the required redundancy with no impact to the TOS hardware.
Document ID
19930046966
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Albritton, L. M. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Redmon, J. W. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Tyler, T. R. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1993
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 93-1062
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA, AHS, and ASEE, Aerospace Design Conference