Space System Operations
Over the years, there have been many studies and system designs for a manned, Earth-orbiting laboratory. Teledyne Brown Engineering has supported NASA in all of these developments and operations. Programs in the 1970s were:
- Skylab -- the first, although temporary, space station
- Apollo-Soyuz -- the first joint American-Soviet space effort.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Teledyne Brown coordinated 24 scientific missions of the Space Shuttle and 8 missions of the Shuttle/Mir Program. Included were the following science programs:
- Material Science Laboratory
- International Microgravity Laboratory
- U.S. Microgravity Laboratory
- Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
- Priroda-Mir Microgravity Laboratory.
Completion of the International Space Station (ISS) remains one of NASA's areas of emphasis. Teledyne Brown has been involved in this program from its beginnings, and has provided over 50,000+ hours of science operations support. Our engineers and scientists are presently engaged in:
- Mission planning
- Payload and stowed cargo integration
- Launch and flight operations
- Data collection and distribution
- Ground control center operations
- Flight crew and ground operations training
- System and subsystem analysis:
- Thermal
- Structural strength
- Structural dynamics
- Fracture mechanics
- Design
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- Ground integration analysis
- Systems safety
- Verification
- Certification of flight readiness.
Certain of these activities are expected to continue indefinitely after the ISS becomes fully operational.
For
additional information, contact
Marty T. Runkle, V.P.
marty.runkle@tbe.com
256-726-5050