skylab was the first test of our ability
to endure weightlessness and astronauts
found that they could effectively work
exercise eat and sleep in their
temporary home more recently the space
shuttle has allowed us to fly into orbit
conduct our business and return in
addition to providing a laboratory for
carrying out experiments in microgravity
Arizona was also renovated us
commercially and scientifically through
the deployment and capture of satellites
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with a larger goal in mind to transport
astronauts and materials to a proposed
base a permanent manned space station
in November of 1985 shuttle astronauts
Jerry Ross and sherwin spring tested an
assembly concept for construction of
erectile structures in space more
commonly known as access holes were
linked together to make a frame similar
to Romero will be used to build the
space station in the early 1990s at the
McDonnell Douglas underwater test
facility astronauts can practice outer
space construction in a neutral buoyancy
tank here they assemble poles in 25
meter cube at central service building
blocks for the framework of the station
sophisticated robot systems will assist
in the building of the station and
capture of satellites according to space
station chief scientist dr. David black
now one of the crucial capabilities and
it's being provided by Canada is a major
remote manipulator that will run around
and on a trust like structure on tracks
and be able to move all throughout the
space station and the reason that's
important is that we plan on using that
robust very healthy arm to assemble the
space station itself the OMB are the
orbiting maneuvering vehicle is in
effect a little space tug and its
purpose is to go out attach itself to
satellites which we want to bring back
to the space station for repair hold
them back into the vicinity of the space
station then they can be put in the
hangar or the garage where the
astronauts can then work on it the new
space station is designed to avoid the
tremendous drag of solar arrays by
incorporating solar dynamics large
mirrors will reflect the sun's energy
onto a fluid which becomes superheated
and runs a turban
roughly the size of a football field the
space station will house modules from
the United States Japan and Europe
modules provide space for housing
microgravity and life science research
making a place to live that meets crew
needs in an airless weightless
environment is a primary importance in
the space station design again dr. black
we are trying to make the habitability
part of the structure comfortable as
much space as we possibly get so that
the astronauts don't feel crime there
will be windows in the facility so they
can look out and it turns out that's
very important psychologically
NASA's Space Station a springboard for
science technology and space exploration
in the nineteen nineties
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