Location

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms

Start Date

24-4-1996 2:00 PM

End Date

24-4-1996 5:00 PM

Description

Guidance for the goals of U.S. and Russian cooperation in the International Space Station (ISS) was provided in an addendum to the Program Implementation Plan, dated November 1, 1993, which was jointly signed by the NASA Administrator and the RSA General Director. Subsequent working level agreements for Extravehicular Activity (EVA) have resulted in joint projects which are building confidence and capabilities for commonality of hardware and operations. Parallel EVA planning and implementation of the Shuttle missions to Mir and the assembly of ISS are proving beneficial to both programs. Experience in each program is being fed back into the other program. This paper describes the joint EVA efforts related to the Mir docking missions which are leading to the assembly of ISS. On-orbit EVA plans, external experiments, tools, suit components and training facilities which support specific missions as well as ISS preparations are discussed. Lessons learned to date show that a considerable similarity exists in the fundamentals of EVA physiology, hardware design, and task performance techniques between the systems of both countries. While technical differences do exist, they have not been significant obstacles and have more often led to joint opportunities. Recent successes illustrate the possibilities for mutual assistance and show that the opportunities and challenges of ISS EVA are achievable.

Comments

Space Station/ MIR Report

Session Chairman: Bill Bates, Chief of Staff, ISSA, NASA, Johnson Space Center

Session Organizer: Vanessa Stromer

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Apr 24th, 2:00 PM Apr 24th, 5:00 PM

Paper Session II-B - U.S./ Russian EVA Interoperability Status

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms

Guidance for the goals of U.S. and Russian cooperation in the International Space Station (ISS) was provided in an addendum to the Program Implementation Plan, dated November 1, 1993, which was jointly signed by the NASA Administrator and the RSA General Director. Subsequent working level agreements for Extravehicular Activity (EVA) have resulted in joint projects which are building confidence and capabilities for commonality of hardware and operations. Parallel EVA planning and implementation of the Shuttle missions to Mir and the assembly of ISS are proving beneficial to both programs. Experience in each program is being fed back into the other program. This paper describes the joint EVA efforts related to the Mir docking missions which are leading to the assembly of ISS. On-orbit EVA plans, external experiments, tools, suit components and training facilities which support specific missions as well as ISS preparations are discussed. Lessons learned to date show that a considerable similarity exists in the fundamentals of EVA physiology, hardware design, and task performance techniques between the systems of both countries. While technical differences do exist, they have not been significant obstacles and have more often led to joint opportunities. Recent successes illustrate the possibilities for mutual assistance and show that the opportunities and challenges of ISS EVA are achievable.

 

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