Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
26-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
26-4-1995 5:00 PM
Description
Inspection, maintenance, and repair will be an important part of International Space Station Alpha (ISSA) operations. The ISSA will employ manipulator arms and crew EVA (extra vehicular activity) to perform these functions. Particularly advantageous for safe and effective operations is the capability to visually inspect unpiessurized areas of ISSA and to illuminate and monitor EVA tasks.
DASA (Daimler-Benz Aerospace) is developing a free-flying satellite named "Inspector" that, as it evolves, will complement both EVA and manipulator task performance and eventually provide these types of operations. Rockwell Aerospace is working with DASA to design, develop, verify, and operate Inspector.
This paper describes the Inspector spacecraft, its command and control system, the scheduled and 'proposed flight demonstrations, and its application to ISSA.
Paper Session II-B - Inspector and the ISSA
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Inspection, maintenance, and repair will be an important part of International Space Station Alpha (ISSA) operations. The ISSA will employ manipulator arms and crew EVA (extra vehicular activity) to perform these functions. Particularly advantageous for safe and effective operations is the capability to visually inspect unpiessurized areas of ISSA and to illuminate and monitor EVA tasks.
DASA (Daimler-Benz Aerospace) is developing a free-flying satellite named "Inspector" that, as it evolves, will complement both EVA and manipulator task performance and eventually provide these types of operations. Rockwell Aerospace is working with DASA to design, develop, verify, and operate Inspector.
This paper describes the Inspector spacecraft, its command and control system, the scheduled and 'proposed flight demonstrations, and its application to ISSA.
Comments
People Working in Space, the Needs and the Effects
Session Chairman: Wyck Hoffler, Deputy Director of Biomedical Operations and Research Office, Kennedy Space Center
Session Organizer: Rachel Webb