Dutch participation in Columbus APM mission simulation

Dutch participation in Columbus APM mission simulation

Pronk, Z.

National Aerospace Laboratory NLR

1994-01-06

Within the studies on Advanced Man-Machine Interfaces and Crew Support (AMMI & CS), being part of the Crew Workstation Testbed activities at ESTEC, a Dutch consortium is preparing the implementation of the User Support Organisation (USO) concept in a ground-based mission simulation, planned for May 1994. The objective of the implementation study is to demonstrate and validate the USO concept mainly concerning payload development operational support tasks/and organisation. The flight element is the Columbus Attached Pressurized Module (APM) mock-up at ESTEC. The ground-based support facilities are located at the Dutch Utilisation Centre (DUC/NLR, Noordoostpolder). DUC will function as the Facility Responsible Centre, which task includes specification, acceptance and operation of a class 1 Biology Facility comprising two class 2 facilities: a High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis instrument and a Glovebox. This paper discusses the scope of the project, which covers all the items needed for a real-flight situation.

Columbus, user support, mission simulation, utilisation centre, payload development, payload operations

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Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium

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NLR Technical Publication TP 94022 L

Aerospace Engineering Reports

report

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