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We Are on Our Way! Jörg Feustel-Büechl Jörg Feustel-Büechl ESA Director of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity number 3, july 2000 on station The Newsletter of the Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity in this issue foreword WWee AArree OnOn OurOur WWaay!y! We Are On Our Way! Jörg Feustel-Büechl Jörg Feustel-Büechl ESA Director of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity eac Starting Point for Space 3 Zvezda Launch Successful recent & relevant The most important events recently News 6 for everyone involved in the International Space Station were the launch of the space station ‘Zvezda’ Service Module on 12 July and the Space Station Synergy 10 docking with the Station on 26 July. Zvezda Saverio Lioy brings with it increased stability in the overall Space Station assembly sequence. microgravity For ESA in particular, the launch was important for three European Dipping into Microgravity 12 aspects.The European onboard Data Management System (DMS) is Vladimir Pletser working well – the Russians tell us it is operating flawlessly and that they are very pleased with the system. Our Automated Transfer research Vehicle (ATV) will use Zvezda to dock with the Station beginning in ESA’s Life & Physical Sciences 14 2003 so the launch is a decisive step forward for us. Last, but not Research in Space least, is the use of Zvezda as an experiment platform, especially for Marc Heppener our early experiments.We already have two under preparation: ‘Matroshka’ will measure radiation absorption by humans in space, microgravity particularly during spacewalks, and the Global Time System (GTS) Texus Successes 16 commercial experiment will allow the synchronisation of ground- Wolfgang Herfs based clocks as well as many other time-dependent services. The launch was monitored by ESA from Baikonur, Moscow and space station – premiered for its very first live occasion – the Erasmus User Center ESA’s Laboratory Support 18 here at ESTEC. A Heads of Agency meeting followed in Moscow, with Equipment Programme all participants in the International Space Station programme Aldo Petrivelli echoing their pleasure at the success. And what comes next? There will be a number of Station astronauts launches later this year, with the most notable taking up the first Return to Earth 20 crew at the end of October or early November. As this ‘Expedition-1’ is the first permanent crew, it is the beginning of manned operations focus on and utilisation of the Space Station. ESA’s Houston Office 22 Further coverage of Zvezda’s launch is provided on p6 of this Helmut Heusmann issue, in the Recent & Relevant news pages. Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity Direction des Vols Habité et la Microgravité foreword Space Station Exploitation Programme third route is to do the job within the EAC is now fully established.We have The Exploitation Programme for ESA Agency through several industrial concluded agreements with DLR and comprises two elements: contracts.This could be a bridging CNES and should soon do so with ASI, industrialisation of operations and the solution if we are not ready to make a with the goal of consolidating our forces commercialisation of utilisation.We have decision by the end of this year.Why the for implementing the technical tasks at been working these issues since the end of this year? Because we have EAC.We now have some 60 people in Brussels Ministerial Conference in May promised the Council to come forward EAC, including 16 astronauts, preparing 1999 and have made good progress in with a concept for commercial utilisation for the Space Station era and we will soon both. by then so that it will be in place when see the arrival of the first training tools for A crucial step for the industrialisation the Exploitation Programme begins in our astronauts and the International of operations was the high-level 2002. Partner astronauts.We expect that the commitment from the Astrium (D)-led centre will satisfy our Station obligations industrial group.The group comprises all ATV Progressing and needs. In addition, we are always the major players in the development of ESA has contracted looking for further bilateral flight our Space Station elements: Alenia with Arianespace opportunities with the Americans and the Aerospazio, Matra Marconi Space (now for the launch of Russians before Station assembly is part of Astrium), and Aerospatiale Matra nine ATVs: one complete. Lanceurs.We were very pleased to see development flight of Ariane-5 that the ESA Council in March endorsed with ATV, and eight operational Crew Rescue Vehicle Status our approach to this industrialisation of flights fulfilling our obligations to Europe’s contribution to the Crew Rescue operations. Following the Industrial contribute to Station operations.That Vehicle (CRV) is developing in a very Policy Committee (IPC) meeting in June, contract was signed in June (see the positive way. Although we were not the procurement process has begun and Recent & Relevant new pages) and will certain when we began last year of I am pleased to say that the IPC is highly eventually be folded into the industrial achieving even a €40 million satisfied with and unanimously agrees operations contract. It was important to contribution, we are now approaching a with our procurement approach.We are sign it now in order to safeguard the very satisfactory €150 million. More and now entering into the proposal development launch in 2003/2004. A more interest is being shown in the preparation phase with a view to having major goal has been achieved by practical aspects of reentry technology a contract ready before the actual combining the benefit of an early maiden within CRV.We hope to consolidate the Exploitation Programme starts on launch with the economies of scale from contribution situation very soon in order 1 January 2002. purchasing nine launches.The contract is to establish solid European participation We have also made good progress certainly the biggest ever signed by the under a barter arrangement with NASA. with commercialising Station utilisation, Agency – more than €1 billion. It also The CRV has a although the situation here is more supports Arianespace in their promotion very special on Station heterogeneous. Awarding financially of Ariane-5 and its place in the role as a beneficial contracts to industry is one commercial launcher market. lifeboat – it thing, but expecting industry to As far as ATV development is will be needed as generate the money is far more difficult. concerned, we are now in a critical period long as there is a Space Station in It will consequently take some time to with the Preliminary Design Review orbit. It will also allow Europe to develop 2- come up with the right approach, so we planned for conclusion in October. ATV, as reentry technologies, important not only are looking at the following three routes. an extremely complex and demanding for CRV but also for future manned The first would award the project, requires the full attention of spaceflight and launcher projects. commercialisation industry and the Agency.This is contract to a accentuated by the ever-increasing Industrial Day commercial interest from the International Partners in ESA will be holding an Industrial Day on agent or ATV’s vital role in servicing and 20 September for the European industrial business reboosting the Space Station. participants to continue discussing developer. For progress on the Space Station that, we launched a Call for Interest in European Astronaut Centre Anniversary programme. In addition to the progress June (see the Recent & Relevant news We celebrated the tenth anniversary of reports, this year’s theme will be pages) that should produce positive EAC in Cologne (D) on 17 May in the ‘Transition from Development to results.The second would award it to the presence of all our astronauts (see the Exploitation – A Challenge for Industry industrial operator and combine it with article beginning on p3). I must say that and ESA’.We plan to cover the event in the industrial operations contract.The this was a wonderful event. It showed that On Station #4 later this year. on Station no. 3, july 2000 SStartartingting PPoinointt fforor SSpacpacee ESA’’s European Astronaut Centre Introduction Integration of the Member State national The roots of ESA’s European Astronaut Centre astronauts into a single European astronaut (EAC) reach back to 1977 when the Agency’s corps, started in 1998, is now complete with first four astronauts were chosen, after a the roster of 11 flown astronauts and five pre-selection process by the Member States, to rookies. EAC’s staff total will be almost 60 by train for the the end of this year when the integration of As EAC enters its second Spacelab-1 national agency staff that began in March is decade of training mission. After that completed.The German, French and Italian astronauts, On Station highly successful space agencies will contribute up to 30 writer Graham Biddis multi-disciplinary seconded staff. reviews its history and international capabilities... mission landed in EAC Training Division December 1983, The Centre provides basic, advanced and US President Ronald Reagan announced the ‘increment-specific’ training. Basic training is Space Station project and invited the active the responsibility of each International Space participation of Europe, Japan and Canada. Station partner for its own astronauts, and for Europe simultaneously began its own ESA this is performed at EAC. Advanced and ambitious programme encompassing the increment-specific training on ESA space Columbus Programme with the Attached elements (Columbus and Automated Transfer Pressurised Module for the Space Station, the Vehicle) and payloads will be provided at EAC Man-Tended Free-Flyer, the serviceable Polar for all ISS astronauts. Specific training on ESA Platform and the manned Hermes spaceplane. elements and payloads for Space Station In order to satisfy this long-term need for ‘increments’ (the periods astronauts, ESA established the EAC in Cologne aboard the Station (D).The Centre was formally created in May between on Station 1990, when the Host Agreement was signed Shuttle between ESA and the German national -3 authorities.
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