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Structural Design Practices

• Payload interfaces to launch vehicles• Examples of structural design approaches from

past space vehicle structural designs• Examples of current structural concepts for

Constellation vehicles and other human lunar programs

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Shuttle Payload Restraint Configurations

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Orbiter Active Latches

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Orbiter Passive Latches

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Atlas V Payload Fairing Configuration

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Delta IV Bolted Payload Attach Fitting

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Delta IV Pyro Payload Attach Fitting

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Delta IV Marmon Band PAF

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Saturn V First Stage (S-IC) Cutaway

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Saturn V S-IC Intertank Fairing

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Saturn V S-IC Intertank Assembly

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Saturn V S-IC Ground Handling

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N-1 Ground Handling

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Buran Ground Handling

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Saturn V S-II Stage Stacking

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Saturn V S-II LOX Tank Cutaway

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Saturn V S-II Stage Engine Cluster

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Saturn V S-II Thrust Structure Detail

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Saturn V S-II Interstage Jettison

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N-1 Launch Vehicle Interstages

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Saturn V S-IVB/J-2 Thrust Structure

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Mercury Spacecraft Layout

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Mercury Spacecraft Assembly

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Gemini Spacecraft Equipment

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Gemini Spacecraft Layout

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Landing Gear - External Equipment Bays

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Apollo Spacecraft Components

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Soyuz Spacecraft Design

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Lunar Module Overall Configuration

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Lunar Module Ascent Stage Structure

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Lunar Module Ascent Stage Structure

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Lunar Module Descent Stage Structure

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Lunar Module Descent Stage Structures

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Soviet Lunar Lander Concepts

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LK Lunar Landing Vehicle

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LK Spacecraft on Moon

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Project Constellation Structural Examples

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CLV Upper Stage Components

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CLV Upper Stage Structural Elements

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Design Overview - CEV Crew Module

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Pressurized Module Structural Details

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Service Module Structural Design

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Launch Vehicle Adapter Structure

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FEA Load Cases

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Crew Module FEA Sample Results

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Descent Assisted, Split Habitat (DASH)

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DASH Lander Structural Components

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DASH Engine Support Truss Concepts

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Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle

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LRV Suspension

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LRV Steering Assembly

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TURTLE Lunar Rover (2007)

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