Spacelab payloads : prepping experiments and hardware for flight

Spacelab payloads : prepping experiments and hardware for flight / Michael E. Haddad and David J. Shayler.

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, includi...

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Main Authors: Haddad, Michael E. (Author), Shayler, David, 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Chichester : Springer ; Praxis Publishing, [2022]
Series:Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
Subjects:
Spacelab Program > History.
Spacelab Program
Astronautical laboratories > History.
Space shuttles > Payloads > History.
Astronautical laboratories
Space shuttles > Payloads
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. A laboratory for the Space Shuttle
  • Chapter 2. "Ship-and-Shoot"
  • Chapter 3. From the ground up
  • Chapter 4. The men and women of Level-IV
  • Chapter 5. Creating a system that worked
  • Chapter 6. Towards that first payload
  • Chapter 7. Path to a quick turnaround
  • Chapter 8. Ramping up the flight rate
  • Chapter 9. The shutdown years
  • Chapter 10. Pallet and MPESS missions
  • Chapter 11. Module missions
  • Chapter 12. Spacelab says goodbye
  • Chapter 13. A place in history
  • Chapter 14. Closing comments.

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