Orbiter Utilization as an Acrv

By: Nasa, National Aeronautics and Space Adm

Assuming that a Shuttle Orbiter could be qualified to serve long duration missions attached to Space Station Freedom in the capacity as an Assured Crew Return Vehicle (ACRV), a study was conducted to identify and examine candidate attach locations. Baseline, modified hardware, and new hardware design configurations were considered. Dual simultaneous Orbiter docking accommodation were required. Resulting flight characteristics analyzed included torque equilibrium attitude (TEA), microgravity environment, attitude controllability, and reboost fuel requirements. The baseline Station could not accommodate two Orbiters. Modified hardware configurations analyzed had large TEA's. The utilization of an oblique docking mechanism best accommodated an Orbiter as an ACRV. Cruz, Jonathan N. and Heck, Michael L. and Kumar, Renjith R. and Mazanek, Daniel D. and Troutman, Patrick A. Langley Research Center ASSURED CREW RETURN VEHICLE; CONTROLLABILITY; EMERGENCIES; ESCAPE SYSTEMS; FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITERS; SPACE STATION FREEDOM; SPACE STATIONS; ATTITUDE (INCLINATION); MICROGRAVITY; POSITION (LOCATION); SPACECRAFT DOCKING; TORQUE...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1731026293
• ISBN13: 9781731026293
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"