STSprog_v_c_o_TPMBK (108-KSC-7PC-63)
"Assembly of large payload in space."
Large indeed. Whatever it is, it apparently requires not one, but TWO RMS...damn. Sort of looks like a LDEF (on serious steroids) hooked up with a Transformer. Note also the Apollo-era docking target (mounted on the lunar modules), visible to the left of the unlabeled “6” hash mark on the RMS arm. Also, it’s a three-person EVA, thus far only performed once in real life.
A beautiful work, with a "textured" and almost abstract geometrical thing going on.
Contained within the following:
history.nasa.gov/SP-407/part3.htm
Specifically:
history.nasa.gov/SP-407/p59.jpg
With what I guess is the loosely pertinent/associated text:
"EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES
"...A versatile extravehicular capability is provided by an airlock, two extravehicular mobility units (spacesuits), and mobility aids, such as handrails A variety of tasks can be performed during extravehicular activity (EVA) to support either the Orbiter or its payloads. Typical tasks are as follows:
- Inspection, photography, and possible manual override of vehicle and payload systems, mechanisms, and components
- Installation, removal, and transfer of film cassettes, material samples, protective covers, and instrumentation
- Operation of equipment, including assembly tools, cameras, and cleaning devices
- Connection, disconnection, and storage of fluid and electrical umbilicals
- Repair, replacement, calibration, repositioning, and inspection of modular equipment, antennas, and instrumentation on the spacecraft or payload
The airlock can be located in several places: inside the Orbiter middle deck on the aft bulkhead, outside the cabin on the aft bulkhead, or on top of a tunnel adapter which connects the Spacelab pressurized module With the Orbiter cabin. When docking is planned, the docking module serves as the EVA airlock
The airlock hatches are located to allow passage straight through to facilitate transfer of equipment The hatches are D-shaped. The flat side of the D makes the minimum clearance 91 centimeters (36 inches). The inside diameter of the airlock is 160 centimeters (63 inches) and it is 211 centimeters (83 inches) long. This volume allows two EVA crewmen to transport a package 45 by 45 by 127 centimeters ( 18 by 18 by 50 inches) through the airlock.
Life support expendables are carried for two 6-hour payload EVA's and one contingency o emergency EVA.
Restraints for planned EVA will normally consist of the Skylab foot restraint. Unplanned EVA in support of a payload may often be accomplished with no impact to a payload because attachment to available structures will often provide sufficient restraint. Translator aids are provided for moving about in the payload bay. Handrails extend from the airlock hatch, down the hinge line of the door, and into the payload bay, are located at intermediate points if required, and at the aft bulkhead."
Frankly, I just think someone walked by a copy of this, or saw it in a wastebasket, and thought "Oh man...cool...can we squeeze this in somewhere?"
Based on the clever name tab/plate on the helmet of the Astronaut on the right, the artwork is possibly by "D. Watt".
If so, then maybe, just maybe, another “WIN” - Denise Watt?:
www.denisewatt.com/Denise_Watt/Portfolio_Page.html
Who, btw, created some really really nice works for NASA, but is otherwise, basically a ghost. Hopefully, not in actuality...at least not yet.
STSprog_v_c_o_TPMBK (108-KSC-7PC-63)
"Assembly of large payload in space."
Large indeed. Whatever it is, it apparently requires not one, but TWO RMS...damn. Sort of looks like a LDEF (on serious steroids) hooked up with a Transformer. Note also the Apollo-era docking target (mounted on the lunar modules), visible to the left of the unlabeled “6” hash mark on the RMS arm. Also, it’s a three-person EVA, thus far only performed once in real life.
A beautiful work, with a "textured" and almost abstract geometrical thing going on.
Contained within the following:
history.nasa.gov/SP-407/part3.htm
Specifically:
history.nasa.gov/SP-407/p59.jpg
With what I guess is the loosely pertinent/associated text:
"EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES
"...A versatile extravehicular capability is provided by an airlock, two extravehicular mobility units (spacesuits), and mobility aids, such as handrails A variety of tasks can be performed during extravehicular activity (EVA) to support either the Orbiter or its payloads. Typical tasks are as follows:
- Inspection, photography, and possible manual override of vehicle and payload systems, mechanisms, and components
- Installation, removal, and transfer of film cassettes, material samples, protective covers, and instrumentation
- Operation of equipment, including assembly tools, cameras, and cleaning devices
- Connection, disconnection, and storage of fluid and electrical umbilicals
- Repair, replacement, calibration, repositioning, and inspection of modular equipment, antennas, and instrumentation on the spacecraft or payload
The airlock can be located in several places: inside the Orbiter middle deck on the aft bulkhead, outside the cabin on the aft bulkhead, or on top of a tunnel adapter which connects the Spacelab pressurized module With the Orbiter cabin. When docking is planned, the docking module serves as the EVA airlock
The airlock hatches are located to allow passage straight through to facilitate transfer of equipment The hatches are D-shaped. The flat side of the D makes the minimum clearance 91 centimeters (36 inches). The inside diameter of the airlock is 160 centimeters (63 inches) and it is 211 centimeters (83 inches) long. This volume allows two EVA crewmen to transport a package 45 by 45 by 127 centimeters ( 18 by 18 by 50 inches) through the airlock.
Life support expendables are carried for two 6-hour payload EVA's and one contingency o emergency EVA.
Restraints for planned EVA will normally consist of the Skylab foot restraint. Unplanned EVA in support of a payload may often be accomplished with no impact to a payload because attachment to available structures will often provide sufficient restraint. Translator aids are provided for moving about in the payload bay. Handrails extend from the airlock hatch, down the hinge line of the door, and into the payload bay, are located at intermediate points if required, and at the aft bulkhead."
Frankly, I just think someone walked by a copy of this, or saw it in a wastebasket, and thought "Oh man...cool...can we squeeze this in somewhere?"
Based on the clever name tab/plate on the helmet of the Astronaut on the right, the artwork is possibly by "D. Watt".
If so, then maybe, just maybe, another “WIN” - Denise Watt?:
www.denisewatt.com/Denise_Watt/Portfolio_Page.html
Who, btw, created some really really nice works for NASA, but is otherwise, basically a ghost. Hopefully, not in actuality...at least not yet.