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Pre-flight tests with astronauts, flight and ground hardware, to assure on-orbit success
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | On-Orbit Constraints Test (OOCT's) refers to mating flight hardware together on the ground before they will be mated on-orbit or on the Lunar surface. The concept seems simple but it can be difficult to perform operations like this on the ground when the flight hardware is being designed to be mated on-orbit in a zero-g/vacuum environment of space or low-g/vacuum environment on the Lunar/Mars Surface. Also some of the items are manufactured years apart so how are mating tasks performed on these components if one piece is on-orbit/on Lunar/Mars surface before its mating piece is planned to be built. Both the Internal Vehicular Activity (IVA) and Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) OOCT's performed at Kennedy Space Center will be presented in this paper. Details include how OOCT's should mimic on-orbit/Lunar/Mars surface operational scenarios, a series of photographs will be shown that were taken during OOCT's performed on International Space Station (ISS) flight elements, lessons learned as a result of the OOCT's will be presented and the paper will conclude with possible applications to Moon and Mars Surface operations planned for the Constellation Program. |
| File Size | 8774612 |
| Page Count | 15 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100039432 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2p60js8d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-04-25 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Ground Support Systems And Facilities (space) Ground Tests Space Erectable Structures Constraints Modules Haddad Michael E. Docking Astronauts Mars Surface Lunar Surface Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
