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Table
of
Contents
Title
INTRODUCTION
• •
MISSION
SUMM RY
VEHICLE
PERFORM NCE
•• •• ••••
SOLID
ROCKET
BOOSTERS REDESIGNEDSOLID
ROCKETMOTORS
EXTERN L
T NK
• •••••••••
•••
SHUTTLE
R NGE
SAFETY
SYSTEM
• •••
SPACESHUTTLE
M IN
ENGINE
••
ORBITERVEHICLE
SUBSYSTEMS
Main
Propulsion
System•ReactionControlSubsystem
Orbital
ManeuveringSubsystem
Power
ReactantStorageand
Distribution
SubsystemFuel
Cell
PowerplantSubsystem•• •••
Auxiliary
Power
UnitSubsystem
Hydraulics Vater
Spray
Boiler
Subsystem ••
Pyrotechnics
Subsystem••• •• ••• •EnvironmentalControland
Life
SupportSubsystemAvionicsandSoftwareSubsystems••• ••• CommunicationsandTrackingSubsystem• ••
Operational
Instrumentation
•••••••••
Structures
andMechanicalSubsystems•• ••
Remote
ManipulatorSystem•••••AerodynamicsandHeating•• ••••ThermalControlSubsystem•Aerothermodynamics •• Thermal
Protection
Subsystem
FLIGHT
CREV
EQUIPMENTEXTRAVEHICULAR
ACTIVITY
Page
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UPPER
TMOSPHERERESE RCH
SATELLITE
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17
PROTEIN
CRYST L
GROVTH
•• •• •••
18
MIDDECK
ZERO GRAVITY
DYN MICS
EXPERIMENT
18
PHYSIOLOGICAL
ND
N TOMIC L
RODENT
EXPERIMENT
•
18
SHUTTLE
ACTIVATION
MONITOR
• ••• •••••
18
RADIATION
MONITORING
EQUIPMENT III
•• •••
18
COSMIC
RADIATIONEFFECTS
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MONITOR
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