Atmosphere revitalization for Spacelab
- Paper ID
IAF-75-10
- author
- company
Dornier-System GmbH
- country
Germany
- year
1975
- abstract
Spacelab, shown installed in the Orbiter cargo bay in Figure 1, represents one of the major Space Shuttle payloads. Its flexible modular concept permits several different flight configurations, indicated in Figure 2, to satisfy the broad spectrum of planned experiment s .Basically the Spacelab consists of two major elements, the Module and the Pallet. The Pallet element is used for experiments conducted directly in space; the Module provides the capability for scientists to perform experiments in a zero g condition under earth-like atmospheric conditions. The Shuttle Orbiter and the Spacelab Module are connected by a tunnel for transfer of scientists between the vehicles. One or two Module segments can be combined to form either a Short Module or a Long Module configuration. The dimensions of these two versions of Spacelab are shown on Figure 3.