Space Stations and Manned Spaceflight in the 1980s and 90s

23-Oct-2000

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Table of Contents

1.INTRODUCTION/EARLY SPACE STATION STUDIES (1969-82)

1.1.1 SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER
[BOEING]

1.1.2. SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER
EVOLUTION

1.2.1 SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS MANNED SPACE PLATFORM.
[MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS]

1.2.2 SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS MANNED SPACE PLATFORM
[TRW]

2.SPACE TUGS &
THE SPACE STATION

2.1 1980s SPACE TUG DESIGNS

2.2 SPACE TUG [GENERAL DYNAMICS,1985]

2.3 SPACE TUG ["PIONEERING THE SPACE FRONTIER"]

3.THE ORBITAL MANEUVERING VEHICLE

3.1 ORBITAL MANEUVERING VEHICLE [BOEING]

3.2 ORBITAL MANEUVERING VEHICLE [TRW,1986]

3.3 THE FLIGHT TELEROBOTIC SERVICER

3.4 ROBOTIC SATELLITE SERVICER [MARTIN]

3.5 ROBOTIC SATELLITE SERVICER [TRW]

4.1982 : THE SPACE STATION CONCEPT TAKES SHAPE (NASA PHASE-A CONTRACTS)

4.1 EARLY 1980s SPACE STATION STUDIES (CONVAIR)

4.2 EARLY 1980s SPACE STATION STUDIES (GRUMMAN)

4.3 EARLY 1980s SPACE STATION STUDIES (MARTIN MARIETTA)

4.4 EARLY 1980s SPACE STATION STUDIES (McDONNELL-DOUGLAS)

4.5 EARLY 1980s SPACE STATION STUDIES (LOCKHEED)

4.6 EARLY 1980s SPACE STATION STUDIES (ROCKWELL)

4.7 EARLY 1980s SPACE STATION STUDIES (TRW)

5. 1984: REAGAN APPROVES THE NASA SPACE STATION

5.1 SPACE STATION MISSION PLAN [1984]

5.2 SPACE STATION POLAR PLATFORM

5.3 1984 SPACE STATION OPTIONS

5.3.1 1984 SPACE STATION OPTIONS
["RACETRACK"]

5.3.2 1984 SPACE STATION OPTIONS
["SPINNING ARRAY"]

5.3.3 1984 SPACE STATION OPTIONS ["PLANAR"]

5.3.4 1984 SPACE STATION OPTIONS
["DELTA"]

5.3.5 1984 SPACE STATION OPTIONS
["BIG T"]

5.4 THE "POWER TOWER" SPACE STATION [1984]

5.4.1 "POWER TOWER" SPACE STATION CONTRACTOR STUDIES

5.4.2.SPACE STATION POWER OPTIONS

5.4.3.IMPACT OF LUNAR AND PLANETARY MISSIONS ON THE "POWER TOWER" SPACE STATION

5.4.4."POWER TOWER" CREW MODULES

5.5. THE "DUAL KEEL" SPACE STATION [1985]

5.5.1 "DUAL KEEL" SPACE STATION DESIGN MODIFICATIONS [1986-87]

5.5.2. "DUAL KEEL" SPACE STATION CREW MODULE

5.5.3. THE "DUAL KEEL" SPACE STATION - BRIDGE TO OTHER WORLDS [1986]

5.6. 1987: SPACE STATION "FREEDOM"

5.6.1. SPACE STATION FREEDOM PHASE ONE BASELINE

5.6.2. SPACE STATION FREEDOM PHASE TWO GROWTH

5.6.3. SPACE STATION FREEDOM CREW MODULES

5.6.4. LIFE ONBOARD SPACE STATION FREEDOM

5.6.5. THE CANADIAN REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM

5.6.6. SPACE STATION "SPACEDOCK"

5.6.7. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE COMMERCIALLY DEVELOPED SPACE FACILITY

5.6.8. SPACEHAB

5.6.9. 1988-90: PROBLEMS FOR SPACE STATION FREEDOM

THE SPACE EXPLORATION INITIATIVE [S.E.I.]

S.E.I. :"...BACK TO THE MOON,BACK TO STAY"

S.E.I. :LUNAR EXCURSIONS

S.E.I. :A JOURNEY TO MARS

5.7. THE 1991 "FRED"SPACE STATION REDESIGN

5.7.1 "FRED"SPACE STATION CREW MODULES

5.8 NASA ASSURED CREW RETURN VEHICLE

5.8.1. HL-20 CREW RESCUE VEHICLE

5.8.2 X-38 CREW RESCUE VEHICLE

5.9. 1993:
CLINTON ORDERS YET ANOTHER SPACE STATION REDESIGN

5.9.1 SPACE STATION
OPTION B

5.9.2 SPACE STATION
OPTION C

5.9.3 SPACE STATION
OPTION C
LAUNCH

5.9.4 SPACE STATION
OPTION A

6. SOVIET "MIR-2" PLANS

7. THE 1993 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION [I.S.S.] PLAN

7.1.1 F.G.B. & OTHER
RUSSIAN SPACE TUGS

7.1.2 THE RUSSIAN I.S.S. SEGMENT

7.1.3 THE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE MODULE

7.2.1 SPACE TRANSPORTATION & THE AMERICAN I.S.S. SEGMENT

7.2.2 FUTURE I.S.S. MISSIONS & TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS

7.2.3 THE TRANSHAB MODULE

7.3.1 I.S.S. PHASE ONE SHUTTLE/MIR

7.3.2 I.S.S. ASSEMBLY MILESTONES

7.3.3 I.S.S. PHASE TWO CONFIGURATION

7.3.4 I.S.S. FINAL CONFIGURATION

7.3.5 I.S.S. SPACE TELESCOPE

8. ESA 1980's MANNED SPACEFLIGHT PLANS

8.1. ESA COLUMBUS ATTACHED PRESSURIZED MODULE

8.2 ESA COLUMBUS MAN-TENDED FREE FLYER [M.T.F.F.]

8.3 ESA M.T.F.F.-DERIVED SPACE STATION

8.4 MULTI-ROLE RECOVERY CAPSULE [BAe,1987]

8.5 ALTERNATE ESA SPACE STATION CONCEPT [BAe,1990]

8.6 ESA POLAR PLATFORM

8.7.1 CNES "HERMES" [1984]

8.7.2 CNES "HERMES" [DASSAULT,1985]

8.7.3 CNES "HERMES" [AEROSPATIALE,1985]

8.7.4 ESA/CNES "HERMES" [1987-89]

8.7.5 "HERMES" & M.T.F.F. IN THE 1990s.

8.7.6 "HERMES" IS CANCELLED

9. ESA'S SPACE STATION REORGANIZATION [1993-95]

9.1.1 MINI-PRESSURIZED LOGISTICS MODULE

9.1.2 MULTI-PURPOSE LOGISTICS MODULE [MPLM]

9.2 ESA COLUMBUS ORBITING FACILITY

9.3.1 ESA CREW RESCUE VEHICLE STUDIES

9.3.2 ESA "BICONIC" CREW RESCUE VEHICLE

9.3.3 ESA "VIKING" CREW RESCUE VEHICLE

9.4.1 ESA AUTOMATED TRANSFER VEHICLE [1]

9.4.2 ESA AUTOMATED TRANSFER VEHICLE [2]

9.5 OTHER EUROPEAN I.S.S. CONTRIBUTIONS

10. JAPANESE 1980s SPACEFLIGHT PLANS

10.1.1NASDA JAPANESE EXPERIMENT MODULE

10.1.2 INSIDE THE JAPANESE EXPERIMENT MODULE

10.2.1NASDA HOPE [1988]

10.2.2 NASDA HOPE-X [1990s]

10.2.3. NASDA H-2 TRANSFER VEHICLE

11. WHAT DOES THE SPACE STATION COST?

12. EPILOGUE: DEAD END IN SPACE...OR A NEW HOPE?