The Space Shuttle requires carriers to support payloads in the cargo bay. As a result, the Mission Peculiar Equipment Support Structure (MPESS) was designed to carry partial payloads aboard the shuttle. The efforts to customize the MPESS for the Experimental Assembly of Structure in EVA (EASE) and Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structure (ACCESS) experiments are summarized.


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    Title :

    Mission Peculiar Equipment Support Structure: A Platform for Space Construction


    Contributors:
    R. Hill (author)

    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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