Assembling and Supplying the ISS The Space Shuttle Fulfills Its Mission /

• Main Author: Shayler, David J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Technology.; Engineering design.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Technology.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Engineering Design.

The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration. But without the Space Shuttle, it would have remained an impossible dream. Assembling and Supplying the ISS is the story of how, between 1998 and 2011, the Shuttle became the platform which ena...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Dedication
• Prologue
• 1 An Alternative Plan
• 2 The Shuttle-ISS Assembly Missions
• 3 The Human Element
• 4 Putting It All Together
• 5 Getting There
• 6 Crew Transfers and Loadmasters
• 7 Building a Space Station
• 8 Stepping Out
• 9 From Inner to Outer Space
• 10 Getting Back
• Closing Comments
• Afterword
• Abbreviations
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• About the Author
• Other Works By the Author
• Index.