OAST-2 is a NASA Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology (OACT) sponsored mission, managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The mission will demonstrate advanced technology to support future needs for advanced satellites, sensors, microcircuits, and Space Station. The OAST-2 is manifested aboard STS-62 (OV-102/Columbia) which is scheduled for launch on March 3, 1994, into a 160 nmi circular orbit of 39 inclination. The OAST-2 consists of six OACT in-space technology experiments. All six are mounted in the Shuttle cargo bay on a Cross Bay Hitchhiker Carrier. The experiments are: a Solar Array Module Plasma Interaction Experiment (SAMPIE), a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) experiment, an Experimental Investigation of Spacecraft Glow (ETSG) experiment, a Spacecraft Kinetic InfraRed Test (SKIRT) experiment, an Emulsion Chamber Technology (ECT) experiment, and a CRYOgenic Two Phase (CRYOTP) experiment. Four of the experiments (SAMPIE, EISG, SKIRT, and ECT) will investigate the interaction between orbiting spacecraft and the space environment. The other two experiments (TES and CRYOTP) will investigate spacecraft thermal storage and control technologies. The canier weighs 3,475 lbs, with the six experiments weighing 2,340 lbs. The SAMPIE and TES are NASA experiments. EISG is a Lockheed experiment, and ECT is a University of Alabama experiment. CRYOTP and SKIRT are US. Air Force experiments. All non-NASA developed experiments are in cooperation with NASA and are part of the In-Space Technology Experiments Program (IN-STEP). STS-62 is a 14 day extended duration mission, and will be managed by 5 astronauts: Commander Colonel John H. Casper (USAF), Pilot Major Andrew M. Allen (USMC), and Mission Specialists Lt. Colonel Charles D. Gemar (USAF), Commander Pierre J. Thuot (USN), and Marsha S. Ivins. The OAST-2 experiment complement remains in the Shuttle cargo bay during the entire mission. No hardware will be deployed from the carrier and no Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) is planned.
Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Second Payload (OAST-2) Prelaunch Mission Operation Report
1994
22 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Technology , Electrotechnology , Prelaunch summaries , Space missions , Nasa space programs , Technology utilization , International space station , Columbia(Orbiter) , Spaceborne experiments , Microelectronics , Sensors , Circuits , Temperature control , Spacecrews , Payloads , Solar arrays , Infrared radiation , Microgravity , Spacecraft launching , Plasma interaction experiment , Cryogenics