Successful
Space Shuttle mission, STS-95 (the John
Glenn flight) Oct. 29 - Nov. 7th, 1998. SAMS-FF supported
a Hubble Space Telescope related experiment called
HOST in the Shuttle cargo bay. Acceleration data was
collected to help HOST engineers determine vibration
and isolationcharacteristics
of a cryogenic cooler system plannedfor
installation on Hubble. For more information, including
mission data, see ourHOST
Mission web page
Contact
Information:
SAMS-FF NASA Project Manager:
Ron Sicker
NASA Glenn Research Center; Cleveland, OH 44135
(216) 433-6498
e-mail: Ronald.J.Sicker@grc.nasa.gov
PIMS Project Manager:
Kevin M. McPherson NASA
Glenn Research Center; Cleveland, OH 44135
(216) 433-6182
e-mail: Kevin.M.McPerson@grc.nasa.gov
NASA's Glenn Research Center has developed an innovative space acceleration
measurement system, the SAMS-FF for free-flyer spacecraft. This
new system offers a customized, modular hardware and service package
to industry, university, and government scientists, both U.S. and
international, who need microgravity (µg) data on orbital
disturbances within their experiment and the spacecraft environment.
The system is configurable for short duration and long duration
flights, 15 minutes to several weeks.
Features:
Acceleration and Roll-Rate measurement capabilities
Smaller,
lighter, more flexible, and more power efficient than its predecessors
Standard
interface for "stand-alone" acceleration sensor head
operation - connect to any computer serial port
Choice
of data storage mediums
Real-time
data access when a telemetry downlink is available (just as it
was with its predecessor, the original SAMS)
Custom
system configurations for special needs (such as additional sensor
heads) easily accommodated
Post-mission
data processing available through the PI Microgravity Services
data-analysis team
Successful
Space Shuttle mission, STS-95 (the John