Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
Start Date
28-4-1998 2:00 PM
Description
Within months of the presentation of this paper, there will be a new star in the night sky. Traveling in low earth orbit at 17,000 miles per hour, it will consist of the first elements of the International Space Station (ISS). Built through the cooperative efforts of 7 international space agencies representing almost every spacefaring nation on the planet, astronauts and cosmonauts are scheduled to begin construction of the 470 ton orbiting laboratory later this year. To prepare for this endeavor, a multi-lateral team must train the crew members to assemble, operate, utilize and maintain this new spacecraft using experience from current and past programs, as well as new concepts and technologies. This paper describes the training program that is preparing astronauts and cosmonauts for ISS and laying the groundwork for future multi-national space missions.
Paper Session I-B - Crew Training for International Space Station: Plans, Concepts and Issues on the Eve of First Element Launch
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
Within months of the presentation of this paper, there will be a new star in the night sky. Traveling in low earth orbit at 17,000 miles per hour, it will consist of the first elements of the International Space Station (ISS). Built through the cooperative efforts of 7 international space agencies representing almost every spacefaring nation on the planet, astronauts and cosmonauts are scheduled to begin construction of the 470 ton orbiting laboratory later this year. To prepare for this endeavor, a multi-lateral team must train the crew members to assemble, operate, utilize and maintain this new spacecraft using experience from current and past programs, as well as new concepts and technologies. This paper describes the training program that is preparing astronauts and cosmonauts for ISS and laying the groundwork for future multi-national space missions.
Comments
Session Chairman: William V. Bates, Chief of Staff ISS Program Office, Johnson Space Center
Session Organizer: Ellen Prince Brown