The Spacelab program is discussed in the context of the preparation of assembly, test, and processing facilities at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The management of the program within NASA is reviewed, along with flight tests of experimental packages, the first Spacelab mission, payload mission management, Spacelab processing responsibilities at the KSC, Space Shuttle processing and launch, Spacelab deintegration, OSS-1 management functions, and the OSS-1 processing flow at the KSC. The four levels of payload integration and checkout on a Spacelab are described, and testing at the four levels is briefly examined.


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    Title :

    Preflight and postflight processing of Spacelab missions at KSC


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Astronautical Congress ; 1982 ; Paris, France


    Publication date :

    1982-09-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English