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UMEÅ UNIVERSITY Department of Physics Carol Norberg Human Spaceflight and Exploration, 7.5 ECTS 6 − 24 August 2007 This course is financed by the Swedish Government and sponsored with services in kind by the European Space Agency, the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and the Swedish Space Corporation. Umeå, 6-17 August 6 Aug. M 7 Aug. 8 Aug. W 9 Aug. T 10 Aug. F 9:00 – 11:30 9:00 – 12:00 9:00 – 12:00 9:00 – 11:30 09:00: – 11:30 General information History of manned The effects of The Space Computer-based and course spaceflight II microgravity on the Environment, radiation laboratory registration. (Triple Helix, SG) human body and Radiation basics. Computer room 2 (MC413 CN) medical testing of Crew selection (MF) 13:00 – 14:00 astronaut candidates. workshop 13:00 – 16:00 Basics of gravitation (Triple Helix, DL) (MC413, CN) 13:00 – 15:00 History of manned & Introduction to Spaceport Sweden spaceflight I group project. 13:00– 14:00 13:00 – 15:30 (Triple Helix, ON) (Triple Helix, SG) (MC413, CN) Mini - Computer-based magnetospheres, radiation laboratory 14:00 Visit Video conference 16:00 (Triple Helix, Computer room 2 International computer rooms with Dr. Ruth (MF) (MF) Banford, UK Housing Office) (Triple Helix, CN) 19:00 – 21:00 Ice breaker: 14:30 – 15:30 Umeavatoriet. Hollywood Physics. (MC413, PN &KW) 13 Aug. M 14 Aug. T 15 Aug. W 16 Aug. T 17 Aug. F 09:00 – 12:00 9:00 – 12:00 9:00 – 10:00 9:00 – 11:00 09:00 – 11:00 Astronaut Space Exploration Life support II ATV The European employment (Triple Helix, AE) (Triple Helix, ÅIS) (Triple Helix, CB) Astronaut Corps (Triple Helix, HUS) (Triple Helix, GT) 13:00 – 16:00 10:00 – 12:00 & 11:00 – 12:00 & The afternoon will Life Support I 13:00 – 14:00 13:00 – 14:00 11:00 – 12:00 & be free for project (Triple Helix, ÅIS) The International Space suits I 13:00 – 16:00 work. Space Station (Triple Helix, ÅIS) Space suits II (Triple Helix CB) (Triple Helix, ÅIS) 14:00 – 17:00 15:00 – 17:00 The European The European Astronaut Corps Astronaut Corps (Triple Helix, GT) (Triple Helix, GT) 16:00 Video conference with ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang at JSC. Umeå University, Department of Physics, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden Telephone: +46 –(0) 90-786 55 83. Fax: 0-46-(0) 90-786 66 73, www.umu.se Room MC413 is located in the MIT building (“MIT huset”) on the Umeå University campus and Triple Helix on the third floor in the University Liaison Building (“Samverkanshuset”). For information about the Umeå University campus and to see the location of the buildings where the lectures will be held see http://www.umu.se/umu/eng/about/campus. On 18th August a coach will leave from the university at 11 am to take all participants first to visit the Air Force base close to Vidsel, and then on to Kronogård, which was used as a launch site for rockets during the 1960’s (http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Swefirst/Swefirst.htm). The fishing camp at Kronogård is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. There you will spend the night in hostel accommodation (http://www.kronogard.com/). On Sunday afternoon at around 4pm a coach will collect everyone at Kronogård and transport them to Kiruna. The total distance from Umeå to Kiruna is 600 km. Kiruna, 20-24 August 20 Aug. M 21 Aug. 22 Aug. W 23 Aug. T 24 Aug. F 08:40 – 09:00 08:40 – 11:35 8:00 Bus transport 8:40 – 10:40 8:00 -12:00 Welcome to Kiruna Manned spaceflight to Swedish Space The aurora. (Aula, EXAM (Parkskolan & practical matters operations Corporation IS) Aula, CN) (Aula, CN) (Aula, HUS) Esrange. 9:00 – 09:30 10:50 – 11:00 Presentation of the 12:30 – 16:30 Auroral slide show. 14:00 Visit to the Swedish Institute of Laboratory exercise (Aula, TG) Space Physics using the Spaceball Kiruna (Aula, RM). (Atrium on the underground 11:00 09:30 – 09:50 Space Campus, LC, mine. Group photograph Coffee Break SR & LJ) (TL) 09:50 – 10:30 Tour of the Space 12:30 – 16:35 Campus Presentation of Spaceball results 12:00 – 15:30 and student project Laboratory exercise presentations. using the Spaceball (Aula, CN, HUS) (Atrium on the Space Campus, CN, LC, SR & LJ) 16:00 Visit to Kiruna Study Centre (MD) Participating staff Dr Carol Norberg (CN), Reader in Space Physics, Lecturer in Physics Umeå University & Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden. Ms. Charlotte Beskow (CB), Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Operations ad System Senior Engineer, European Space Agency, Paris, France. Mr. Sven Grahn (SG), Evergreen Engineering, Sweden Professor Dag Linnarson (DL), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Dr Ruth Bamford (RB) Space Plasmas Group, Space Science and Technology Dept, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK Dr. Olle Norberg (ON), Swedish Space Corporation Esrange & Spaceport Sweden. Mr. Hansulrich Steimle (HUS), Space Consultant, Germany. Previously Director for Manned Space Operation at the German Aerospace Center. Dr. Anders Elfving, Rover Manager, ExoMars Project, European Space Agency, ESTEC, The Netherlands Dr. Å Ingemar Skoog (ÅIS), Programme manager for European spacesuit development, Astrium GmbH, 1986-1994. Co-author of Russian Spacesuits, 2003, Springer-Praxis Umeå University, Department of Physics, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden Telephone: +46 –(0) 90-786 55 83. Fax: 0-46-(0) 90-786 66 73, www.umu.se ESA astronaut Dr. Gerhard Thiele (GT), Head of the Astronaut Division of the European Astronaut Centre, Cologne, Germany. From 11-22 February 2000, Dr. Thiele participated as mission specialist in the STS-99 Mission. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) was dedicated to the first, three-dimensional, digital mapping of the Earth surface on a nearly global scale. He was responsible for SRTM operations, including the deployment and retraction of the 200-foot high boom from space shuttle Endeavour’s cargo bay upon which one of the flight’s radar systems was mounted. Dr. Thiele was also trained to carry out a spacewalk should there have been a need to make one. Photo: ESA ESA astronaut Dr. Christer Fuglesang. From 9 to 22 December 2006, Christer Fuglesang flew as Mission Specialist on board Space Shuttle Discovery for flight STS-116 to the International Space Station. He became the first Swedish astronaut to fly in space. During his mission, named Celsius, Fuglesang participated in two spacewalks, to attach new hardware to the Space Station and to reconfigure the Station's electrical power system. He was later assigned to participate in an extra unscheduled spacewalk to help free the Station's P6 solar array which had become jammed during retraction. His combined EVA time is 18 hours 14 minutes. Dr. Fuglesang has an Hononary Doctorate from Umeå University. Photo: ESA Umeå University, Department of Physics, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden Telephone: +46 –(0) 90-786 55 83. Fax: 0-46-(0) 90-786 66 73, www.umu.se Professor Ingrid Sandahl (IS). Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden. Author of Norrsken Budbärare från rymden. 1998, Atlantis. Mr. Mats Forsberg (MF), PhD student, Umeå University, Sweden Dr. Patrik Norqvist (PN) & Dr. Krister Wiklund (KW), Lecturers in Physics, Umeå University, Sweden. Dr. Rick McGregor Research & Development Officer, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden Stefan Rova (SR), Computer Engineer &Leif Carlsson (LC), Lars Jakobsson (LJ), Technicians Luleå University of Technology, Department of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden. Ms. Maria-Delice Fredriksson (MDF), Assistant Education Manager, Kiruna Study Centre, Sweden. Mr. Torbjörn Lövgren, Photographer, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden. Course coordinator and examinor Dr. Carol Norberg, Umeå University, Department of Physics & Swedish Institute of Space Physics. E-mail: [email protected] Telephone +46-980-79187, Fax: +46-980-79190, Mobile +46-70-2793999 Document updated 9 August 2007. Umeå University, Department of Physics, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden Telephone: +46 –(0) 90-786 55 83. Fax: 0-46-(0) 90-786 66 73, www.umu.se .
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