Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The use of the proposed Space Station for technological experimentation is discussed. The general objectives and capabilities of the Station and the status of planning are reviewed; the external and internal environmental conditions at the 500-km 28.5-deg-inclination Station orbit are described; and six conceptual Technology Development Missions designed by NASA and included in the Mission Requirements Data Base are briefly characterized and illustrated with drawings. The missions considered concern spacecraft-materials performance, solar dynamic power, data transfer and processing microelectronics, long-term cryogenic-fluid storage, active-optics technology, and cryogenic-propellant transfer, storage, and reliquefaction.
Keywords:
ASTRONAUTICS (GENERAL)
Type:
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A (ISSN 0734-2101); 4; 281-285
Format:
text