Johnston R S, Bush W H, Rummel J A, Alexander W C
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA.
Acta Astronaut. 1979 Oct;6(10):1239-49. doi: 10.1016/0094-5765(79)90116-4.
The third in a series of Spacelab Mission Development tests was conducted at the Johnson (correction of Johnston) Space Center as a part of the development of Life Sciences experiments for the Space Shuttle era. The latest test was a joint effort of the Ames Research and Johnson Space Centers and utilized animals and men for study. The basic objective of this test was to evaluate the operational concepts planned for the Space Shuttle life science payloads program. A three-man crew (Mission Specialist and two Payload Specialists) conducted 26 experiments and 12 operational tests, which were selected for this 7-day mission simulation. The crew lived on board a simulated Orbiter/Spacelab mockup 24 hr a day. The Orbiter section contained the mid deck crew quarters area, complete with sleeping, galley and waste management provisions. The Spacelab was identical in geometry to the European Space Agency Spacelab design, complete with removable rack sections and stowage provisions. Communications between the crewmen and support personnel were configured and controlled as currently planned for operational shuttle flights. For this test a Science Operations Remote Center was manned at the Ames Research Center and was managed by simulated Mission Control and Payload Operation Control Centers at the Johnson Space Center. This paper presents the test objectives, description of the facilities and test program, and the results of this test.
作为航天飞机时代生命科学实验开发的一部分，在约翰逊航天中心（原约翰斯顿航天中心，已修正）进行了航天实验室任务开发系列测试中的第三次测试。最新测试是美国国家航空航天局艾姆斯研究中心和约翰逊航天中心的共同努力，利用动物和人类进行研究。本次测试的基本目标是评估为航天飞机生命科学有效载荷计划所规划的操作概念。由一名任务专家和两名有效载荷专家组成的三人机组进行了26项实验和12项操作测试，这些实验和测试是为此次7天任务模拟而挑选的。机组人员每天24小时生活在一个模拟轨道器/航天实验室模型上。轨道器部分包含中甲板船员居住区域，配有睡眠设施、厨房和废物管理设施。航天实验室在几何形状上与欧洲航天局的航天实验室设计相同，配有可移动的机架部分和存放设施。机组人员与支持人员之间的通信按照目前为航天飞机实际飞行所规划的方式进行配置和控制。在本次测试中，艾姆斯研究中心设有一个科学操作远程中心，由约翰逊航天中心的模拟任务控制中心和有效载荷操作控制中心管理。本文介绍了测试目标、设施和测试计划的描述以及本次测试的结果。
