vi Table of Contents Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Chapter 1 Systems: International Space Station Planning—A Roadmap to Getting It All Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 Day in the Life: Living and Working in Space and on the Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Chapter 3 Systems: Structure and Mechanisms—The International Space Station’s Skeleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chapter 4 Day in the Life: The Making of a Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapter 5 Systems: Command and Data Handling—The Brains of the International Space Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Chapter 6 Day in the Life: “Brain Transplants” on the International Space Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Chapter 7 Systems: Motion Control System—Navigator of the Heavens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Chapter 8 Day in the Life: Debris Avoidance—Navigating the Occasionally Unfriendly Skies of Low-Earth Orbit . . . . . . . . . 139 Chapter 9 Systems: Electrical Power System—The Power Behind it All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Chapter 10 Day in the Life: Preparing for the Unexpected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Chapter 11 Systems: Thermal Control—the “Circulatory System” of the International Space Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Chapter 12 Day in the Life: Empty House—Decrewing the International Space Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209