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Category Scope
16 Space Transportation and Safety
Includes passenger and cargo space transportation, e.g., shuttle
operations; and space rescue techniques. For related information see also 03 Air
Transportation and Safety; 15 Launch
Vehicles and Launch Operations; and 18 Spacecraft
Design, Testing and Performance. For space suits see 54 Man/System
Technology and Life Support.
Definition
Space Transportation – The conveyance of payloads or personnel to, through, or from outer space. NASA Thesaurus, Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA Interest
Exhaustive Interest : All information dealing with
crew and payload space transportation; flight safety; rescue operations and
techniques. Systems specific to ground operations, maintenance and support,
and launch complex construction are covered in 14 Ground
Support Systems and Facilities (Space).
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Input Subjects of Specific Interest
- accidents and emergencies (spacecraft)
- cargo handling (spacecraft)
- cargo transportation (spacecraft)
- commercial spaceflight (operations)
- escape systems (spacecraft)
- explosions (spacecraft)
- extravehicular activity (EVA) (operations)
- fire (spacecraft)
- flight safety (spacecraft)
- orbiting maneuvering vehicles
- parachutes (spacecraft applications)
- passenger handling (space transportation)
- passenger transportation (space)
- Payload Assist Module (PAM) assist
- payload delivery (space transportation)
- payload handling (space transportation)
- payload retrieval (space transportation)
- recovery of spacecraft
- restraint harness (spacecraft)
- safety systems (spacecraft)
- search and rescue operations (space)
- shoulder harness (spacecraft)
- space debris (spaceflight hazard)
- space flight commercialization
- space flight hazards
- space operation emergencies
- space rescue
- space shuttle operations
- space transportation
- spacecraft ditching
- spacecraft health management
- spacecraft retrieval
- survival (space operations)
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Certification