Spacelab Payloads
Prepping Experiments and Hardware for Flight
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Beschreibung
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998. Completing 22 major missions and contributing to many other NASA goals, Spacelab stands as one of the Shuttle program’s most resounding successes.
The system comprised multiple components, including a pressurized laboratory module, unpressurized carrier pallets and other related hardware, all housed in the Shuttle’s Payload Bay and crew compartment. But how did all those varied components actually come together?
The answer is the little-known “Level-IV”, a team of managers and engineers who molded separate elements of hardware into cohesive and safe payloads. Without the dedication and drive of the Level-IV team, the huge successes of the Spacelab missions would not have been achieved. This is their story.
You will learn herein how Level-IV was formed, who was involved, and the accomplishments, setbacks and problems faced along the way, in a story that blends both theprofessional and personal sides of Level-IV operations and its legacy. Upon reading this book, you will gain a new appreciation for this crucial team and understand what is meant when you hear the term “Level-IV”.
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998. Completing 22 major missions and contributing to many other NASA goals, Spacelab stands as one of the Shuttle program’s most resounding successes.
The system comprised multiple components, including a pressurized laboratory module, unpressurized carrier pallets and other related hardware, all housed in the Shuttle’s Payload Bay and crew compartment. But how did all those varied components actually come together?
The answer is the little-known “Level-IV”, a team of managers and engineers who molded separate elements of hardware into cohesive and safe payloads. Without the dedication and drive of the Level-IV team, the huge successes of the Spacelab missions would not have been achieved. This is their story.
You will learn herein how Level-IV was formed, who was involved, and the accomplishments, setbacks and problems faced along the way, in a story that blends both the professional and personal sides of Level-IV operations and its legacy. Upon reading this book, you will gain a new appreciation for this crucial team and understand what is meant when you hear the term “Level-IV”.
Documents work performed by NASA Kennedy Space Center Spacelab personnel during the Shuttle program Describes how Spacelab payloads were prepped for spaceflight Includes first-hand accounts from engineers and managers involved in the development of Spacelab hardware
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Michael E. Haddad
Themen in »Spacelab Payloads«
KSC Spacelab Experiment Integration Spacelab Level IV Spacelab KSC Hands-On Level IV/Experiment Integration Space Shuttle payloads Space Shuttle science flights ground progression of space hardware European Space Agency Space Shuttle mission operations Spacelab mission operations Research activities in human spaceflight Working in the microgravity environment Spaceflight crew activity planning and execution
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“This is a long and very detailed book, often reading like a user’s manual, with chapters, for example, describing the buildings at the Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) — including dimensioned drawings — the overwhelming need to communicate is always present. … Haddad & Shayler have done a good job in getting the original voices of this dedicated team out into the public domain and as such have provided a valuable service to the history of space flight.” (Barry Kent, The Observatory, Vol. 142 (1291), December, 2022)
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