National Space Transportation System -
Overview, September 1988
- CONTENTS -
- 1. SPACE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM.
- SPACE SHUTTLE REQUIREMENTS.
- LAUNCH SITES.
- BACKGROUND AND STATUS.
- 2. MISSION PROFILE.
- Aborts.
- Return to Launch Site.
- Transatlantic Landing.
- Abort Abort to Orbit.
- Abort Once Around.
- Contingency Abort.
- ORBITER GROUND TURNAROUND.
- 3. OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND
MODIFICATIONS.
- Orbiter.
- OMS and RCS System AC-motor-operated
valves.
- Primary Reaction Control System
Thrusters.
- Fuel Cell Power Plants.
- Auxiliary Power Units.
- Main Landing Gear.
- Nose Wheel Steering.
- Thermal Protection System.
- Wing Modification.
- Mid -Fuselage Modifications.
- General Purpose Computers.
- Inertial Measurement Units.
- Crew Escape System.
- Emergency Egress Slide.
- 17-inch Orbiter/External Tank
Disconnects.
- Space Shuttle Main Engine Margin
Improvement Program.
- SSME Flight Program.
- Solid Rocket Motor Redesign.
- Original versus Redesigned SRM Field
Joint.
- Original versus Redesigned SRM
Case-to-Nozzle Joint.
- Nozzle.
- Factory Joint.
- Propellant.
- Ignition System.
- Ground Support Equipment.
- Design Analysis Summary.
- Verification/Certification Test.
- Non-Destructive Evaluation.
- Contingency Planning.
- Independent Oversight.
- 4. NSTS PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT.
- NSTS Organization.
- Launch Constraint Procedures.
- Launch Decision Process.
- Management Communications.
- 5. CHRONOLOGY.
