Flight Accommodations Using A Special Structure

B. G. Noblitt; Robert McAnnally

doi:10.1117/12.965775

1 February 1982 Flight Accommodations Using A Special Structure

B. G. Noblitt, Robert McAnnally

Proceedings Volume 0284, NASA-ESA Spacelab Systems and Programs; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965775
Event: 1981 Technical Symposium East, 1981, Washington, D.C., United States

Abstract

The need to provide early low cost STS flight accommodations for an unusually heavy instrument package requiring no subsystems support led to the design requirements for a special payload carrier. An additional requirement was for multiple reflights of the payload. A carrier, the Mission Peculiar Equipment Support Structure (MPESS), is being developed to meet this need by supporting the OSTA-2 payload for an early NASA/BMFT cooperative materials processing mission. Full utilization of the STS for space research dictates a flexible strategy for the payload integration and mission design, both are supported by the MPESS design. The modular design of the MPESS provides a capability for supporting payloads at multiple locations within the STS Orbiter cargo bay. The design philosophy, development status, and experiment integration concepts for the MPESS carrier are discussed. Early STS missions (OSTA-2 and OAST-l) are used as examples of operational uses of the MPESS.

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B. G. Noblitt and Robert McAnnally "Flight Accommodations Using A Special Structure", Proc. SPIE 0284, NASA-ESA Spacelab Systems and Programs, (1 February 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965775

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