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International Space Station (ISS) => ISS Section => Topic started by: rdale on 04/08/2011 02:17 pm
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Preparation for future crewed missions to Mars will require
utilization of space analogs for research (such as for feasibility and verification of monitoring technologies or countermeasures) and for training of flight crews and ground support personnel. Although several ground-based analogs mimic various aspects of space exploration missions, the influence of Earth s ever-present surface gravity cannot be ignored. Until recently, lunar missions were expected to be a stepping-stone for Mars expeditions, but recent programmatic de-emphasis of lunar missions has encouraged consideration of piloted missions to Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) instead. It has been suggested that in-space simulations of Mars (and now NEA) missions be conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). Some possibilities for, and space life sciences implications of, such an effort are described. A brainstorming session involving space life sciences subject matter experts associated with the NASA Human Research Program, the Johnson Space Center Space Life Sciences Directorate, and the Ames Research Center Exploration Technology Directorate was convened on September 25, 2009, to respond to two questions: how can the ISS be used to mimic Mars missions; and how can crew increment duration be increased to 9 to 12 months from the existing 6 months. Positions and recommendations are indicated.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110008393_2011008928.pdf
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ISS Plans Week-Long Simulated Mars Mission
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2011/04/08/06.xml&headline=ISS%20Plans%20Week-Long%20Simulated%20Mars%20Mission
Front-line International Space Station (ISS) managers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) are inserting a week-long partial simulation of a deep-space exploration mission into regular station planning for next summer, using the orbiting laboratory as an analog for a long-distance spaceship.
Under a program called ISS as a Testbed for Analog Research (Istar)
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Might as well put this great presentation here:
International Space Station as a Platform for Exploration Beyond Low Earth Orbit (PDF, 3.07 MB).
http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~fiso/telecon/Raftery_5-25-11/Raftery_5-25-11.pdf
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I started a thread last year to energize discussion on this very subject.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22218.0
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Preliminary Planning for ISS as Analog for Mars Transit (PowerPoint, 5.6 MB).
http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~fiso/telecon/Charles_6-29-11/Charles_6-29-11.pptx
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Good FISO presentation about a potential centrifuge for ISS.
Artificial Gravity – The ISS – and a Solution to Long Duration Space Flight (PPT, 17.7 MB).
http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~fiso/telecon/Young_7-20-11/Young_7-20-11x.ppt
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Good FISO presentation about a potential centrifuge for ISS.
Artificial Gravity – The ISS – and a Solution to Long Duration Space Flight (PPT, 17.7 MB).
http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~fiso/telecon/Young_7-20-11/Young_7-20-11x.ppt
Thanks! I hope something like this will eventually go to ISS.
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Here's a great FISO presentation "Using Existing ISS Hardware to Prepare for Exploration Beyond LEO", which includes some amazing graphics and downright awesome video of Node 4/DHS, an inflatable module, and other new modules!
http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~fiso/telecon/Hatfield_8-10-11/Hatfield_8-10-11.zip (93.9 MB, .zip file).