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 ...048 FLIGHT International, 9 June /°7»
Paris is more than just pretty aeroplanes.
3 Space
Space Shuttle roll-out
Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, mated with an External Tank and
Solid Rocket Boosters, was transported to pad 39A at Cape Canaveral on
May I. This Space Shuttle assembly is...
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 ...LIGHT International, 7 February 1981 343
Space Shuttle continues to dominate Nasa budget
AS in the past two years, Space
Shuttle continues to dominate Nasa's
budget. The budget figures for finan
cial years 1979, 1980 and 1981 (Flight,
F...
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 ...ed with an
External Tank (ET) and Solid Rocket
Booster (SRB) pair, was moved from
the vehicle assembly building to
launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral on
May 1. This is the first time an
assembled Space Shuttle has been on
full view, although the combination
has previously been used in dynamic
tests at the Marshall Space Flight
Centre. The Enterprise, ET and SRBs
are being used to pave the...
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 ...huttle training: the final countdown
DAVID VELUPILLAI reports from HOUSTON
I N March next year, or perhaps a few
weeks later, Nasa's Space Shuttle
will make its first flight. If all goes
well, Commander John Young and
pilot Robert Crippen will fly Columbia
into low Earth orbit, spending just
over two days in space before retur...
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August 25), was a successful
attempt to separate the radio-
telescope antenna from the rear
of Salyut 6, leaving this docking
port free to receive further Pro
gress craft.
Photo-composite of a
Space Shuttle power
extension package de
veloped by McDonnell
Douglas for Nasa's
Johnson Space Centre.
The deployed solar
array is over 70m
long. It would allow
flights with a pres
surised Sp...
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Grumman's shuttle team
G RUMMAN ANNOUNCE on March 2 that it will head an indus trial team to compete for the NASA space shuttle. The consortium, which includes General Electric, Northrop
and Eastern Airlines, will bid for a Phase B study contract.
Phase A was concerned with overall feasibility studies, while
t...
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 ...LIGHT International. 7 April 1979 1057
Shuttle shakedown complete
SPACE Shuttle vibration tests which
ended last month have provided
engineers with a more complete under
standing of how the Orbiter/External
Tank (ET)/Solid Rocket Booster (SRB)
combination will ...
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 ... done on the manned vehicle. Shuttle C
will also extend the life of the manned Shuttle
fleet by taking some load off the manifest.
Critics argue, however, that dependence
on the Shuttle C and the Space Shuttle is just
as dangerous and risky as was depending on
the Space Shuttle as the sole vehicle, before
Challenger. Shuttle C could be compromised
by major technical problems, as with the
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 ...m
flexibility for multiple use and volume production, long-life
components for repetitive re-use, and airline maintenance and
handling procedures for economy of operation. The ideal
would be for the "space shuttle" (similar to that illustrated
in the heading impression) to operate in a mode similar to that
of large commercial air transports and be compatible with the
environment of major airports....
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 ...ack to be
tween 26 December and 16
January, with more delays possible.
Although Russian launch site
testing of the module has been
slower than intended, the main
reason for the delay is NASA's
Space Shuttle fleet wire-insulation
problems and difficulties in getting
follow-on US ISS hardware ready
for launch. NASA is experiencing
computer software problems, par
ticularly with the US Lab...
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 ...
duced Boeing Satellite Systems
quality control programme. The
move comes after Boeing 702 satel
lite problems.
CONTRACT
SpaceDev
picks up
Hitchhiker
SpaceDev has won a contract to
develop a Space Shuttle-
compatible propulsion module
for the US Air Force Research
Laboratory (AFRL).
The low-cost module - NASA
Shuttle Hitchhiker Experiment
Launch System (SHELS) - will
place Hitchhike...
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 ...MCCmftFlfr
Shuttle
dependent
The International Space Station is too
dependent on the Space Shuttle, say NASA
and prime contractor Boeing TIM FURNISS/LONDON
FLYING MORE THAN seven Space Shuttle missions a year could jeopardise safety, says astronaut Brewster Shaw, who heads the Boein...
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 ...hicle
(RLV), and launch it in March 1999. An RLV
with another "X" designation could be flown as
a cargo vehicle in 2003 and, by 2005, could be
ready for manned operation as a replacement
for the Space Shuttle. The X-33 is the most
advanced part of NASAs three-pronged proto
type RLV programme, which also includes the
McDonnell Douglas DC-XA Clipper Graham
technology demonstrator and the Or...
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 ...56 FLIGHT (nttrnot/ono/, 16 February 1980
Space Shuttle tops IMasa's
1981 budget
SHUTTLE is again top of Nasa's
spending in its budget for 1981, a
summary of which is shown below.
Shuttle design and development
figures show a fall off f...
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 ... the Syncom IV-5 communications
satellite and then to retrieve NASA's Long-Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF—below) LDEF RESCUE
The reuseable manned spacecraft
principle has been reaffirmed by the
Space Shuttle's successful LDEF re
trieval. Tim Furniss highlights
some future shuttle missions.
The llth-hour retrieval of the Long-Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) on 12 January has done much to...
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 ...ked to the
forward
multiple
docking port of
the Mir, to
which also
attached are the
Kvant 2 and
Kristall (facing)
modules. The
Mir core
module is in the
centre
This is the target for the Space Shuttle Atlantis/STS 11 on 12 June —
the androgynous docking system. When the Atlantis docks, the Kristall
module will have been moved to a new position on the multiple docking
port, placing ...
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 ...over story
Lockheed
Martin's concept
combines
kerosene and
hydrogen-
powered stages
TICKET TORDE
Potential replacements for the Space Shuttle
are taking shape as NASA struggles to finalise
the requirements for a second-generation
reusable launch vehicle
GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC
Shifting requirements could force NASA...
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fUGHT International, 16 June 1979
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Space shuttle round-up
More views of the Space Shuttle roll-out at Cape Canaveral at the
beginning of May- Orbiter Enterprise, mated with an External Tank
and Solid Rocket Boosters, is being used t...
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 ...Schniques, have been developed and used to carry out
lany design studies into military satellite communica-
ons systems.
Satellite Systems Under the European Spacelab
programme associated with the Space Shuttle, the
Dynamics Group has been entrusted with responsibi
lities which include the supply of a total of 18 Spacelab
pallets, the first of which was carried on the second
flight of the "...
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 ...f^4t€»£» SMVWtlLS DIE yj^LVrtdaSNlf ¥vfff%n£pfCME
At the first Space Shuttle Development Conference, held at
the NASA Ames Research Center, California, between 28
and 30 July, the problems which surrounded last month's
Columbia STS93 Shuttle mission - together...
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