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The microgravity environment of the space shuttle columbia payload bay during sts-32
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Giesecke, Robert L. Dunbar, Bonnie J. Thomas, Donald A. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | Over 11 hours of three-axis microgravity accelerometer data were successfully measured in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Columbia as part of the Microgravity Disturbances Experiment on STS-32. These data were measured using the High Resolution Accelerometer Package and the Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package which were mounted on the Orbiter keel in the aft payload bay. Data were recorded during specific mission events such as Orbiter quiescent periods, crew exercise on the treadmill, and numerous Orbiter engine burns. Orbiter background levels were measured in the 10(exp -5) G range, treadmill operations in the 10(exp -3) G range, and the Orbiter engine burns in the 10(exp -2) G range. Induced acceleration levels resulting from the SYNCOM satellite deploy were in the 10 (exp -2) G range, and operations during the pre-entry Flight Control System checkout were in the 10(exp -2) to 10(exp -1) G range. |
| File Size | 1784522 |
| Page Count | 52 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920002713 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4cp2179v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Accelerometers Physical Exercise Columbia Orbiter High Resolution Keels Space Shuttle Mission 61-c Bays Structural Units Spaceborne Experiments Space Shuttle Payloads Aerodynamic Coefficients Flight Control Syncom Satellites Spacecrews Gravitational Effects Treadmills Acceleration Physics Microgravity Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
