The International Space Station

The International Space Station
Author: Robert C. Dempsey
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2017
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780160943898

Looks at the operations of the International Space Station from the perspective of the Houston flight control team, under the leadership of NASA's flight directors, who authored the book. The book provides insight into the vast amount of time and energy that these teams devote to the development, planning and integration of a mission before it is executed. The passion and attention to detail of the flight control team members, who are always ready to step up when things do not go well, is a hallmark of NASA human spaceflight operations. With tremendous support from the ISS program office and engineering community, the flight control team has made the International Space Station and the programs before it a success.

Space Station

Space Station
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1988
Genre: Space stations
ISBN:

Preparing for the High Frontier

Preparing for the High Frontier
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2011-11-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309218705

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) retires the Space Shuttle and shifts involvement in International Space Station (ISS) operations, changes in the role and requirements of NASA's Astronaut Corps will take place. At the request of NASA, the National Research Council (NRC) addressed three main questions about these changes: what should be the role and size of Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD); what will be the requirements of astronaut training facilities; and is the Astronaut Corps' fleet of training aircraft a cost-effective means of preparing astronauts for NASA's spaceflight program? This report presents an assessment of several issues driven by these questions. This report does not address explicitly the future of human spaceflight.