Spacecraft components Spacecraft components The Advanced Space Vision System (also known as the Space Vision System or by its acronym SVS) is a laser based computer generated three dimensional vision system used to manipulate any object within or without the Space Shuttle bay using the Canadarm or assemble International Space Station (ISS) components and do any maintenance work, using Canadarm2 on the Mobile Servicing System. ...more on Wikipedia about "Advanced Space Vision System"
An airlock can mean one of several things. ...more on Wikipedia about "Airlock"
In the context of spacecraft, attitude control is control of the angular position and rotation of the spacecraft, either relative to the object that it is orbiting, or relative to the celestial sphere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Attitude control"
The onboard electronics used for piloting an aircraft are called avionics (AVI-ation electr-ONICS). Avionics include communications and navigation systems, autopilots, and electronic flight management systems (FMS). Onboard electronics that are unrelated to piloting tasks, such as video systems for passengers, are sometimes considered avionics as well. Many of these devices include embedded computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avionics"
A ballute (a compound word combining " balloon" and " parachute") is a device that has been proposed for use in spacecraft aerobraking. As its name suggests, it is an inflatable drag-enhancing structure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ballute"
A booster in space-related applications is usually a solid rocket booster: a solid fuel rocket of which two or more are attached to the main rocket to provide the main thrust in the initial phase of the rocket's flight. They form the first stage, though the second stage also starts operating at the beginning. After the first stage is discarded, the second continues. ...more on Wikipedia about "Booster rocket"
The Electrodeless Plasma Thruster is a spacecraft propulsion engine. It was created by Mr. Gregory Emsellem based on technology developed by French Atomic Energy Commission scientist Dr. Terenzio Consoli, for high speed plasma beam production. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electrodeless plasma thruster" www.shortopedia.com Is Good For You. shortopedia
HAL/S is a real-time aerospace programming language, best known for its use in the Space Shuttle program. It was designed by Intermetrics in the 1970s for NASA. HAL/S is written in XPL, a dialect of PL/I. ...more on Wikipedia about "HAL/S"
The Helicon Double Layer Thruster is a prototype spacecraft propulsion engine. It was created by Australian scientist Dr. Christine Charles, based on a technology invented by Professor Rod Boswell, both of the Australian National University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helicon Double Layer Thruster"
An inertial guidance system consists of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) combined with control mechanisms, allowing the path of a vehicle to be controlled according to the position determined by the inertial navigation system. These systems are also referred to as an inertial platform. ...more on Wikipedia about "Inertial guidance system"
The Laser Camera System (LCS) is an instrumentation device developed by Neptec, a Canadian firm, to image in 3D NASA's Space Shuttles while in orbit. The LCS is designed to detect damage to the Thermal Protection System (TPS), which protects the space shuttle during re-entry. Damage to the TPS resulted in the destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laser Camera System"
The Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) is a 50 foot boom terminating in an instrumentation package attached to the Remote Manipulator System of NASA's Space Shuttle spacecraft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orbital Boom Sensor System"
A reaction control system (abbreviated RCS) is a subsystem of a spacecraft. Its purpose is attitude control and steering. An RCS system is capable of providing small amounts of thrust in any desired direction or combination of directions. An RCS is also capable of providing torque to allow control of rotation ( pitch, yaw, and roll). This is contrast to a spacecraft's main engine, which is only capable of providing thrust in one direction, but is much more powerful. ...more on Wikipedia about "Reaction control system"
The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the Space Shuttle, also known as the Canadarm, is an electromechanical arm that maneuvers a payload from the payload bay of the space shuttle orbiter to its deployment position and then releases it. It can also grapple a free-flying payload, maneuver it to the payload bay of the orbiter and berth it in the orbiter. It was first used on the second Space Shuttle mission STS-2, launched November 12, 1981. Since the destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-107, NASA has outfitted the RMS with the Orbital Boom Sensor System - a boom containing instruments to inspect the exterior of the shuttle for damage to the Thermal Protection System. It is expected the RMS will play this role in all future shuttle missions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Remote Manipulator System"
Solar panels are devices for capturing the energy in sunlight. The term solar panel can be applied to either solar hot water panels (usually used for providing domestic hot water) or solar photovoltaic panels (providing electricity). ...more on Wikipedia about "Solar panel"
A space activity suit is a kind of spacesuit, which provides mechanical pressure by means of elastic garments as opposed to pressurizing the suit with the breathing gas, as is standard practice in regular suits. ...more on Wikipedia about "Space activity suit"
The Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) contains the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer and supplies them under pressure to the three space shuttle main engines (SSME) in the orbiter during lift-off and ascent. When the SSMEs are shut down, the ET is jettisoned, enters the Earth's atmosphere, breaks up, and hits the ocean somewhere far from land, usually in the Indian Ocean or Pacific Ocean away from known shipping lanes. It is not recovered. The ET is constructed by Lockheed Martin for NASA at the Michoud Assembly Facility. ...more on Wikipedia about "Space Shuttle external tank"
A space suit is a complex system of garments and equipment and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. This applies to extra-vehicular activity outside spacecraft orbiting Earth and has applied to walking, and riding the Lunar Rover, on the Moon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Space suit"
Spacecraft propulsion is used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites, or in short, to provide delta-v. There are many different methods. Each method has drawbacks and advantages, and spacecraft propulsion is an active area of research. Most spacecraft today are propelled by heating the reaction mass and allowing it to flow out the back of the vehicle. This sort of engine is called a rocket engine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spacecraft propulsion"
A test target is a common feature on interplanetary landing craft such as the Viking Lander and Mars Exploration Rovers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Test target"
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) is a camera that images Mars in the visible and infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in order to determine the distribution of minerals on the surface of Mars. It is used to determine the distribution of minerals on the surface of Mars and help understand how the mineralogy of the planet relates to the landforms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thermal Emission Imaging System"
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A thruster is a small propulsive device used by spacecraft and watercraft for station keeping, attitude control, or long duration low thrust acceleration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thruster"
The Whipple shield, invented by Fred Whipple is a type of hypervelocity impact shield used to protect manned and unmanned spacecraft from collisions with small particles whose velocities are measured in kilometers per second. ...more on Wikipedia about "Whipple shield"
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