One of the primary goals of the International Space Station (ISS) is to provide an orbiting laboratory to be used to conduct scientific research and commercial products utilizing the unique environment of space. The ISS Program has united multiple nations into a coalition with the objective of developing and outfitting this orbiting laboratory and sharing in the utilization of the resources available. The primary objectives of the real- time integration of ISS payload operations are to ensure safe operations of payloads, to avoid mutual interference between payloads and onboard systems, to monitor the use of integrated station resources and to increase the total effectiveness of ISS. The ISS organizational architecture has provided for the distribution of operations planning and execution functions to the organizations with expertise to perform each function. Each IPP is responsible for the integration and operations of their payloads within their resource allocations and the safety requirements defined by the joint program. Another area of international cooperation is the sharing in the development and on- orbit utilization of unique payload facilities. An example of this cooperation is the Microgravity Science Glovebox. The hardware was developed by ESA and provided to NASA as part of a barter arrangement.


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    Title :

    International Cooperation of Payload Operations on the International Space Station


    Contributors:
    Melton, Tina (author) / Onken, Jay (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA/ICAS International Air and Space Symposium ; 2003 ; Dayton, OH, United States


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






    Integrating International Space Station Payload Operations

    Noneman, S. R. | British Library Online Contents | 1996



    Integrating International Space Station Payload Operations

    Noneman, S. R. / European Space Agency / German Aerospace Establishment (DLR) | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996