over the last four decades of human spaceflight, the capabilities and complexity of manned spacecraft systems have increased significantly to meet the evolving requirements of the mission. The management of the vehicle systems, both by the crew on-board and the operators in the Mission Control Center (MCC), has also evolved to take advantage of new capabilities, or simply to react to the features of the spacecraft design. 12 As we embark in a new era of space exploration, with firm plans for the development of a new fleet of spacecraft intended to carry out the objectives of the Constellation program, it is relevant to examine important lessons learned on the design and management of manned spacecraft systems and the mission. This paper will focus on lessons learned related to system management capabilities that directly impact crew safety, mission success and/or improve operability of the spacecraft. In particular, the authors will examine current system design features, capabilities and processes that provide valuable capabilities or create operational challenges for the current manned spacecraft operated by NASA; the Space Transportation System (STS) (a.k.a. the Space Shuttle) and the International Space Station (ISS). Furthermore, it is important to analyze relevant events for which specific design capabilities have enabled safety or mission success, and others where system or process anomalies led to reduced system capabilities or operational challenges.


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    Title :

    Operational Lessons Learned for Systems Management and Automation on Manned Spacecraft




    Publication date :

    2008-03-01


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    5263678 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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