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Residual acceleration data on iml-1: development of a data reduction and dissemination plan (Document No: 19930001913)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Alexander, J. Iwan D. Wolf, Randy Rogers, Melissa J. B. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | The need to record some measure of the low-gravity environment of an orbiting space vehicle was recognized at an early stage of the U.S. Space Program. Such information was considered important for both the assessment of an astronaut's physical condition during and after space missions and the analysis of the fluid physics, materials processing, and biological sciences experiments run in space. Various measurement systems were developed and flown on space platforms beginning in the early 1970's. Similar in concept to land based seismometers that measure vibrations caused by earthquakes and explosions, accelerometers mounted on orbiting space vehicles measure vibrations in and of the vehicle due to internal and external sources, as well as vibrations in a sensor's relative acceleration with respect to the vehicle to which it is attached. The data collected over the years have helped to alter the perception of gravity on-board a space vehicle from the public's early concept of zero-gravity to the science community's evolution of thought from microgravity to milligravity to g-jitter or vibrational environment. Since the advent of the Shuttle Orbiter Program, especially since the start of Spacelab flights dedicated to scientific investigations, the interest in measuring the low-gravity environment in which experiments are run has increased. This interest led to the development and flight of numerous accelerometer systems dedicated to specific experiments. It also prompted the development of the NASA MSAD-sponsored Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS). The first SAMS units flew in the Spacelab on STS-40 in June 1991 in support of the first Spacelab Life Sciences mission (SLS-1). SAMS is currently manifested to fly on all future Spacelab missions. |
| File Size | 1748492 |
| Page Count | 42 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930001913 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7jq5wg58 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-09-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Transportation Accelerometers Gravitation Vibration Spacelab Fluid Dynamics Gravitational Physiology Spaceborne Experiments Weightlessness Space Shuttle Orbiters Data Reduction Bioastronautics Seismographs Space Platforms Astronauts 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 |
