The Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) is presented emphasizing the ability of the program to enhance the stay times of Spacelab, Spacehab, and Commercially Developed Space Facility missions. An overview of EDO is given with particular attention given to the modifications required for the implementation of Environmental Control and Life Support Systems specific to the Space Shuttle. The configuration, operation, and location of proposed regenerative CO2 removal, N2 supply, improved waste-collection, and power-reactant storage and distribution systems are described in detail. The EDO also includes a trash compactor, additional cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen, extra gaseous nitrogen, and a method for reducing stowed lithium hydroxide. The first utilization of the EDO system is a 13-day mission on the space shuttle Columbia planned for March 1992.
Expanded capabilities of the Extended Duration Orbiter
Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems ; 1990 ; Williamsburg, VA, United States
1990-01-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Expanded Capabilities of the Extended Duration Orbiter
SAE Technical Papers | 1990
|NTRS | 1990
|AIAA | 1990
|AIAA | 1988
|Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project
NTIS | 1999
|