Design and Testing of a One-Third Scale Soyuz TM Descent Module. Spartan Conversion Project. Super Loki Instrumentation.

摘要

The 1991- 1993 senior Aerospace Engineering Design class continued work on the post landing configurations for the Assured Crew Return Vehicle. The Assured Crew Return Vehicle will be permanently docked to the space station fulfilling NASA's commitment o f Assured Crew Return Capability in the event of an accident or illness aboard the space station. The objective of the project was to give the Assured Crew Return Vehicle Project Office data to feed into their feasibility studies. Three design teams were given the task of developing models with dynamically and geometrically scaled characteristics. Groups one and two combined efforts to design a one-third scale model of the Russian Soyuz TM Descent Module. and an on-board flotation system. This model was designed to determine the flotation characteristics and test the effects of a rigid flotation and orientation system.