COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Record
Name of Image:
Space Station-Baseline Configuration
Full Description:
In response to President Reagan's directive to NASA to develop a permanent marned Space Station within a decade, part of the State of the Union message to Congress on January 25, 1984, NASA and the Administration adopted a phased approach to Station development. This approach provided an initial capability at reduced costs, to be followed by an enhanced Space Station capability in the future. This illustration depicts the baseline configuration, which features a 110-meter-long horizontal boom with four pressurized modules attached in the middle. Located at each end are four photovoltaic arrays generating a total of 75-kW of power. Two attachment points for external payloads are provided along this boom. The four pressurized modules include the following: A laboratory and habitation module provided by the United States; two additional laboratories, one each provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan; and an ESA-provided Man-Tended Free Flyer, a pressurized module capable of operations both attached to and separate from the Space Station core. Canada was expected to provide the first increment of a Mobile Serving System.
Date of Image:
1989-08-01
Category:
Space Station
term:
Baseline Configuration
facet_where:
Canada
facet_when:
January 25, 1984
facet_when_year:
1984
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
0102172
NIX #:
MSFC-0102172
MSFC Negative Number:
0102172
UID:
SPD-MARSH-0102172
