Linking the Space Shuttle and Space Stations Early Docking Technologies from Concept to Implementation /

• 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.; Russia > History.; Europe, Eastern > History.; 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.; Russian, Soviet, and East European History.

How could the newly authorized space shuttle help in the U.S. quest to build a large research station in Earth orbit? As a means of transporting goods, the shuttle could help supply the parts to the station. But how would the two entitles be physically linked? Docking technologies had to constantly...