Design and Development of a Space Station Proximity Operations Research and Development Mockup

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Haines, Richard F., author.

Conference Name:

SAE Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition (1986-10-13 : Long Beach, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1986

Summary:

Proximity operations (Prox-Ops) on-orbit refers to all activities taking place within one km of the Space Station. Designing a Prox-Ops control station calls for a comprehensive systems approach which takes into account, structural constraints, orbital dynamics including approach/departure flight paths, myriad human factors, and other topics. This paper describes a reconfigurable full-scale mock-up of a Prox-Ops station constructed at Ames incorporating an array of windows (with dynamic star field, target vehicle(s), and head-up symbology), head-down perspective display of manned and unmanned vehicles, voice- actuated "electronic checklist", computer-generated voice system, expert system (to help diagnose sub-system malfunctions), and other displays and controls. The facility is used for demonstrations of selected Prox-Ops approach scenarios, human factors research (work-load assessment, determining external vision envelope requirements, head-down and head-up symbology design, voice synthesis and recognition research, et cetera) and development of engineering design guidelines for future module interiors

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Publisher Number:

861785

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