The assembly, maintenance, and servicing of the Space Station and its facilities are discussed. The tools and facilities required for the assembly, maintenance, and servicing of the Station are described; the ground and transportation infrastructures needed for the Space Station are examined. The roles of automation and robotics in reducing the EVAs of the crew, minimizing disturbances to the Space Station environment, and enhancing user friendliness are investigated. Servicing/maintenance tasks are categorized based on: (1) urgency, (2) location of servicing/maintenance, (3) environmental control, (4) dexterity, (5) transportation, (6) crew interactions, (7) equipment interactions, and (8) Space Station servicing architecture. An example of a servicing mission by the Space Station for the Hubble Space Telescope is presented.


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    Title :

    Assembling, maintaining and servicing Space Station


    Contributors:
    Doetsch, K. H. (author) / Werstiuk, H. (author) / Creasy, W. (author) / Browning, R. (author)

    Publication date :

    1987-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English