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Space Exploration Merit Badge April 2005

Space Exploration Merit Badge April 2005. Vincent Needham Physics Department Kansas State University http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Scouts/. Summary of Course. Describe the Space Shuttle & ISS Explored in context of a shuttle mission

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Space Exploration Merit Badge April 2005

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  1. Space Exploration Merit BadgeApril 2005 Vincent Needham Physics Department Kansas State University http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Scouts/

  2. Summary of Course • Describe the Space Shuttle & ISS • Explored in context of a shuttle mission • Examine manned & unmanned missions to the Moon, Mars and Beyond. • Review some history of space exploration • Discuss careers in space exploration • How to learn more... • Launch and recover model rockets

  3. First Controlled Powered Flight Orville & Wilbur Wright 10:35 a.m. 17 December 1903 Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 120 feet in 12 seconds!

  4. Basic Rocketry  Reaction Action 

  5. 2001: Anniversary of Goddard’s Launch

  6. "Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools." 1921 New York Times editorial "Further investigation and experimentation, have confirmed the findings of Isaac Newton in the 17th century, and it is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere. The Times regrets the error." 1969 New York Times retraction

  7. The Space Shuttle (First Launch 12 April 1981) • Manned spacecraft • Orbiter • LH/LOX Main Engines (SSME) • Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB)

  8. Solid Rocket Boosters(SRB)

  9. Space Shuttle Main Engines(SSME)

  10. External Tank(ET)

  11. Orbiter

  12. Heccrbt Cbcntvs Russian Systems • SL-4 Launcher • Soyuz Spacecraft • Progress Ferry • Mir Space Station 1986 - 2001 • ISS

  13. SL-4/Soyuz Launcher • Old (1963), but… • Reliable • Rugged • Cheap

  14. 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin Launched on Vostok 1 First Man in Space

  15. Soyuz 3 Cosmonauts Station Rescue Progress Modified, Unmanned Soyuz Supply Ferry for Mir & Station Soyuz & Progress

  16. First Chinese Manned Spacecraft Shenzhou (神舟號) spacecraft launched on Long March CZ-2F with Yang Liwei, 15 Oct 2003. Next flight in Oct 2005?

  17. Shuttle Flight Profile

  18. Shuttle Launch STS-107 Columbia 16 January 2003

  19. ET Foam Strikes Left Wing (about 80 secs after launch)

  20. Inside the Shuttle

  21. Flight Controls Payload Systems Flight Deck

  22. Avionics Upgrade

  23. Mid-Deck • Crew quarters • Experiments • Supplies • Extended by • SpaceHab Module • SpaceLab

  24. SpaceLab/Space Station Satellites & Space Probes (Delivered & Repaired!) Payloads

  25. Return to Flight(no earlier than 22 May 2005) STS-114/Discovery • Eileen Collins (Col, USAF) • - CDR, 2 MS degrees • James Kelley (Lt Col, USAF) • - PLT, MS, Aero Eng • Charles Camarda, PhD • - MS1, PhD, Aero Eng • Wendy Lawrence (Capt, USN) • - MS2, MS, Ocean Eng • Soichi Noguchi, JAXA • - MS3, MS, Aero Eng • Stephen Robinson, PhD • - MS4, PhD, Mech Eng • - Lead guitar in “MaxQ” • Andrew Thomas, PhD • - MS5, PhD, Mech Eng • - 141 days aboard Mir

  26. STS-114 Discovery Crew

  27. International Space Station • USA • Russia • Europe • Japan • Canada

  28. Mir • Core module launched in 1986 • Phase 1 of the International Space Station • Last visiting U.S. astronaut was Andy Thomas • Final Shuttle-Mir mission was by Discovery on 28 May 1998. • Mir re-entry on 23 March 2001

  29. Station Assembly in 2002  April: STS-110/Atlantis Installs S0 truss segment; station robot arm first used in spacewalking June: STS-111/Endeavour delivers supplies & experiments; 3 spacewalks outfit “railroad” 

  30. Station Assembly in 2002 October – STS-112/ Atlantis delivers the S1 Truss and installs it with 3 spacewalks   STS-113/Endeavourdelivers the P1 truss and the Expedition 6 crew

  31. Space Station Tour

  32. STS-114/Discovery Mission Goals 1. Return to Flight test mission. 2. MPLM carries supplies. 3. Delivers the External Stowage Platform. 4. Remove and replace Control Moment Gyro.

  33. ISS as of December 2002

  34. At Home on the Station • Astronauts must be safe, happy & productive

  35. ISS Expedition 10/11 Handover  New crew arrived last Saturday; old crew leaves Sunday Soyuz TMA-6 Arrives 

  36. ISS Expedition 10 Crew 15 Oct 2004 - 24 Apr 2005 • Leroy Chiao, CDR • Private Pilot • PhD, Chem Eng • Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov, Engineer • Test Pilot • BS, Cartography

  37. Expedition 11 Crew 16 Apr - 07 Oct 2005 • Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, CDR • Most Experienced Man in Space • BS, Mech Eng • John Philips, Engineer • USN Aviator, Retired • PhD, Geophysics • Roberto Vittori, ESA • IAF Test Pilot • Trained at USAF & USN

  38. Zarya   Zvezda Unity  Destiny 

  39. Moon, Mars & Beyond • Goals of the President’s initiative: • Complete the International Space Station • Create a new Crew Exploration Vehicle • Return humans to the Moon • Ultimately, launch human missions to Mars • Exploration of the solar system is the central theme

  40. Hubble Space Telescope • Launched on 24 April 1990 • Shuttle service calls in: • December 1993 • February 1997 • October 1999 • March 2002 • 2006?

  41. Hubble’s Greatest Hits

  42. Planetary Exploration

  43. Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) • Two rovers: • Launched June ‘03 • Landed Jan ‘05 • Spirit at Sol 464; Opportunity at 444 • Mission just extended for 18 more months!

  44. Spirit, looking into “Bonneville” crater, itself within the enormous Gusev crater Opportunity, from inside “Eagle” crater on the plains of Meridiani

  45. Cassini-Huygens at Saturn • Launched Oct ‘97 • Arrived Jun ‘04 • Huygens landed on Titan, Jan ‘05

  46.  Titan from the air & Titan from the ground  Saturn on approach 

  47. Towards Mars

  48. Thermal tiles absorb extreme heat Dead-stick landing Energy management is critical Re-entry & Approach

  49. STS-107/Columbia Lost 01 Feb 2003  Amateur astronomers’ video image may show wing trouble Columbia breaks up over Texas 

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