hektor - 29/10/2006 6:47 AMOrion will have an airlock capability, in order to allow crew transfer from LSAM to Orion as last resort in case of Lunar orbital docking failure. If I remember well, the Constellation manifest foresees the demonstration of this capability during Orion 12.
Spirit - 29/10/2006 6:09 AMQuotehttp://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4881Sources also note that Discovery will carry a passive LIDS (Low Impact Docking System) to be attached to Hubble's aft bulkhead. The requirement is to provide a capability to enable a future spacecraft to perform an autonomous rendezvous and docking with Hubble. This can be used for a future deorbit mission, or even another servicing mission via Orion.Does Orion have an air-lock?
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4881Sources also note that Discovery will carry a passive LIDS (Low Impact Docking System) to be attached to Hubble's aft bulkhead. The requirement is to provide a capability to enable a future spacecraft to perform an autonomous rendezvous and docking with Hubble. This can be used for a future deorbit mission, or even another servicing mission via Orion.
psloss - 27/10/2006 7:08 PMExcerpt:QuoteIf two shuttle pads are available, planners believe a rescue flight could be launched with a week of the Hubble launch. If only one pad is available - and NASA currently plans to turn pad 39B over to the Constellation moon-Mars program next year - the best-case turnaround time is about 15 days.In one scenario, sources say, the rescue shuttle would be moved to the launch pad, loaded with internal rocket fuel and then moved back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to make way for the Hubble launch. If a problem developed in orbit, the rescue shuttle then could be moved back out to the pad and quickly launched.
If two shuttle pads are available, planners believe a rescue flight could be launched with a week of the Hubble launch. If only one pad is available - and NASA currently plans to turn pad 39B over to the Constellation moon-Mars program next year - the best-case turnaround time is about 15 days.In one scenario, sources say, the rescue shuttle would be moved to the launch pad, loaded with internal rocket fuel and then moved back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to make way for the Hubble launch. If a problem developed in orbit, the rescue shuttle then could be moved back out to the pad and quickly launched.
Jim - 28/10/2006 12:39 PMQuoteDanderman - 28/10/2006 1:35 PMQuoteJim - 28/10/2006 6:58 AMWe were tasked to look a launching a rescue supply spacecraft on an ELV. It would have O2 and such to extend the orbit live of the orbiter while waiting for the rescue shuttleHow did that work for you?I sure hope that the only launch vehicle that you looked at wasn't EELV, as mentioned here before.EELV was the only way to make it work
Danderman - 28/10/2006 1:35 PMQuoteJim - 28/10/2006 6:58 AMWe were tasked to look a launching a rescue supply spacecraft on an ELV. It would have O2 and such to extend the orbit live of the orbiter while waiting for the rescue shuttleHow did that work for you?I sure hope that the only launch vehicle that you looked at wasn't EELV, as mentioned here before.
Jim - 28/10/2006 6:58 AMWe were tasked to look a launching a rescue supply spacecraft on an ELV. It would have O2 and such to extend the orbit live of the orbiter while waiting for the rescue shuttle
hektor - 29/10/2006 9:35 AMDelta Manager - I don't understand your comment. You don't need to attach the rescue package to the Hubble. You just need to put it in an orbit which allows the orbiter to go to it after launch - if a damage is detected - while staying within the Orbiter propellant budget. So - very - theoretically you could preposition the package and launch STS-125 when it is there.