The Manned Space Station (MSS) involves NASA, and other countries, in the operation, maintenance and expansion of a permanent space facility. The extensive use of automation and robotics will advance those fields, and experimentation will be carried out in scientific and potentially commercial projects. The MSS will provide a base for astronomical observations, spacecraft assembly, refurbishment and repair, transportation intersection, staging for interplanetary exploration, and storage. Finally, MSS operations will be performed semi-autonomously from ground control. Phase B analysis is nearing completion, and precedes hardware development. Studies are being performed on generic advanced technologies which can reliably and flexibly be incorporated into the MSS, such as attitude control and stabilization, power, thermal, environmental and life support control, auxiliary propulsion, data management, etc. Guidelines are also being formulated regarding the areas of participation by other nations.
The US Space Station programme
1985-07-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
English
The International Space Station Programme
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996
|The International Space Station Programme
British Library Online Contents | 1996
|International involvement in the US space station programme
Elsevier | 1985
|Evolutionary Space Station Systems for an International Exploration Programme
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
|Canadian Programme and Research Plans for International Space Station Utilization
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999
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