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Topic: Sleeping compartments on the space shuttle
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p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 11-03-2015 02:16 PM
   
Do any of you know the orientation of this photo from STS-107? I am having a hard time visualizing where this is.That’s obviously the airlock hatch at the top of the photo, so does that mean the floor is to the left? That would place these compartments where the main hatch/toilet/food area is, which isn't possible. I've never seen another photo showing compartments like this on the shuttle that normal sized people could fit into. I've only ever seen sleeping bags attached to the walls.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-03-2015 02:39 PM
The sleep stations were used when the shuttle crew was divided into two shift teams (red and blue) so that the off-shift team could sleep undisturbed while the on-shift team worked. In the photo, the floor is to the right, the bunk beds are mounted against the wall opposite to where the crew hatch and galley are installed. (You can tell the orientation by looking at the direction of the labels on the lockers, which are the aft lockers, to the left of the airlock.) Here's a NASA layout drawing:  |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 11-03-2015 05:07 PM
Ah, that makes sense.Was this used often? This is the only photo I've ever seen of this in use. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 11-03-2015 05:19 PM
There's this photo from STS-59. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-03-2015 05:22 PM
The Spacelab flights used the bunk beds, as did some of the Spacehab flights, like STS-95 (as shown below).Here are some additional photos:  
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Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 11-03-2015 06:48 PM
I wonder how effective they were to give the sleeping crew isolation from the on duty crew? I never really realized how much the crew cabin of an orbiter could change based on mission requirements just like the payload bay. |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1463
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 11-03-2015 09:14 PM
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Originally posted by Ronpur:
I never really realized how much the crew cabin of an orbiter could change based on mission requirements just like the payload bay.
The mid deck was gutted after every mission. All lockers and crew items were removed. Same goes for all the wiring for experiment power, crew communications and computer ethernet. |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1463
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 11-03-2015 09:18 PM
The sleep compartment was redesigned. I believe it was for EDO. The original design as depicted in the drawing have three horizontal compartments and one vertical. The redesign, as shown in the photos, had four horizontal. |
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