The Columbus Free Flyer has a three year mission in low Earth orbit with the primary objective to provide microgravity laboratory capabilities. The particular mechanical requirements resulting from this mission are explained, relevant design features are presented, and the verification approach envisaged in the development program leading to a launch of the laboratory in 2001 is outlined.
Columbus Free Flying Laboratory: Mechanical Design Aspects
1991
9 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Manned Spacecraft , Columbus space station , Man tended free flyers , Dynamic structural analysis , Mechanical engineering , Reduced gravity , Spaceborne experiments , Manned orbital laboratories , Mission planning , Requirements , Spacecraft design , Spacecraft docking , Structural design , Foreign technology
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