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Shipyards in Orbit
The International Space Station was assembled with prefabricated modules. However, when NASA was dreaming of very large orbiting infrastructures,...
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From the Ground Up
Most of the work performed by Level-IV/Experiment Integration (EI) personnel was at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), but to get a complete and...
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Technology, Society and Economy
Although space science was the most visible part of the space programme, the 1970s saw it transformed into a wide-spectrum programme to benefit...
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Epilogue
“Mission complete, Huston”, Atlantis Commander Chris Ferguson uttered as he gracefully brought to a halt for the very last time the older surviving...
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Boosting the Booster
The Solid Rocket Boosters played an essential role in orbiting a Space Shuttle. However, their many pitfalls did erode safety margins, limiting the...
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Building Factories in Space
The chapter will explain how the processes explored in the previous chapter can be realized for the manufacturing in space of an extensive range of...
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The Reagan Space Legacy
Ronald Reagan’s enthusiasm for the space program as a frontier activity was a genuine part of his personality and of his ability to lead. However,...
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Towards that First Payload
During the mid to late 1970s, many Kennedy Space Center (KSC) facilities were being converted from supporting the Apollo program to preparing for the...
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The Space Station Decision
In the final months of 1983, Gil Rye was joined by Cabinet secretary Craig Fuller in pushing for bringing the issue of the space station before the...
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The Art of Manufacturing in Space
As stated in Chapter 1, industrial production is a crucial player in the alteration of our planet’s biosphere. Space-based manufacturing can ease...
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A Lifetime of Challenges
Early in November 1984, STS-51A commander Rick Hauck received an unusual meeting request from a senior NASA public affairs official. Hauck was about...
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Why Not Go Back to the Moon?
This chapter explores the reasons why NASA is choosing to go to back to the Moon first and then on to Mars. The politics affecting this decision is...
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Spacecraft Flown to the ISS
European astronauts have traveled to the ISS in two types of spacecraft: the American space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz. They have been resupplied...
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The Men and Women of Level-IV
This book is not just about the system, procedures, and hardware which created the opportunity to fly Spacelab missions on the Space Shuttle. It is...
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Bridging the 49th Parallel: A Case Study in Art as Cultural Diplomacy
A forgotten experiment in the history of Canadian cultural diplomacy initiatives, 49th Parallel: Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art employed fine...
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Politics, the ISS, and Private Enterprise
This chapter examines the next time period after the Space Shuttle: the International Space Station (ISS) and Private Enterprise. During the Space...
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The Home Stretch
As 1987 began, with the Reagan administration starting its final two years in the White House, much of the optimism about the ability to put the...
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The Final Countdowns
A total of 11,057 days (or 30 years, 3 months and 9 days) elapsed between Dan Brandenstein’s calls to Columbia during the STS-1 launch on April 12,...
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The Space Age (1950–1981): The Science of Creativity
The penultimate period that we will tackle is the Space Age. For me, born in 1967, this still looms large as an age of exciting, grand achievements:...
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Elements, Landers, Launch Vehicles and Upper Stages
While the PPE was introduced in Chapter 2 as part of an overview of the Artemis Program, this...