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PONT INTERMEDIAIRE ORBITEUR [2 records]

Record 1 2017-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The Orbiter middeck provides crew accommodations and contains three avionics equipment bays. Modular stowage lockers are used to store the flight crew's personal gear, mission-required equipment, and experiments. There are 42 identical lockers, which are 11 X 18 X 21 inches. An experiment is either designed to fit inside a locker or replace one or more lockers. Individual microgravity science experiments are flown on a space-available basis in the Orbiter middeck. Few support services are available and, in general, mission parameters are not established by experiments in the middeck.

OBS

orbiter middeck: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • orbiter mid deck

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Pour les manœuvres de rentrée et d'atterrissage, leurs co-équipiers [...] se sont installés sur le pont intermédiaire de l'orbiteur.

OBS

pont intermédiaire de l'orbiteur : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
DEF

The mid-deck is the living quarters of the astronauts during a space mission.

OBS

The Space Shuttle has payload provisions in the middeck area of the crew compartment. The middeck is suitable for payloads which require a pressurized environment or direct crew operation, and affords the opportunity for limited late stowage and early removal of payloads. Physical accommodations in the middek allow for Locker Stowed Payloads or Nonlocker Payloads.

OBS

space shuttle mid-deck: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

... les trois membres de l'Expédition 2 sanglés dans leur siège au pont intermédiaire de l'orbiteur Discovery.

OBS

pont intermédiaire de la navette spatiale : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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