Japan's contribution to the NASA space station program will be the Japanese experimental module (JEM) which consists of a pressurized module (PM) and an exposed module (EM). The space station is the central element in the future space program infrastructure, and as a part of that program, the JEM will perform microgravity and other orbital experiments. Toshiba's role is to develop remote manipulator systems for JEM (JEM RMS). These will be a key subsystem, particularly in the experimental operations. The paper presents the JEM and JEM RMS concept and describes the program's planned infrastructure consisting of the various platforms such as the geo-stationary, polar and co-orbit platforms. The orbital servicing vehicle and other supporting spacecraft are also described.


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    Title :

    Space Station and Space Program Infrastructure


    Contributors:
    A. Asai (author) / Y. Toriyama (author)

    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English