Brief report proposes use of flexible tunnel to provide "soft docking" between Space Shuttle Orbiter and space station during resupply visits. Soft docking reduces risks of structural damage to either spacecraft during docking maneuvers, provides adaptable docking interface, and avoids jarring sensitive material-processing experiments in space station. After docking, tunnel pressurized to enable exchange of people and cargo between two spacecraft.


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    Titel :

    Flexible Docking Tunnel


    Beteiligte:
    Michaud, Roger (Autor:in) / Miller, Ladonna (Autor:in) / Albright, Kathy (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.02.1988



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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