Payload Bay Mechanical Systems

    Payload Bay Door opening
  1. Nominal opening
  2. Fit Check

    Payload Bay survey

  3. Payload Bay views with various payloads

    Payload Bay Door closing

  4. Payload Bay Door Pushrods
  5. Payload Bay Door Bulkhead Switch Module
  6. Bulkhead Latch Motion
  7. Port Bulkhead Latch Go/No-Go Criteria
  8. Stopping the Starboard Door While Closing
  9. Centerline Latch Extended Guide Roller Go/No-Go Criteria
  10. Starboard Bulkhead Latch Go/No-Go Criteria
  11. Centerline Latch Motion

    Other Mech systems

  12. Deployable Radiators
  13. Payload Bay Floodlights
  14. Payload Retention System (PRS)
  15. Ku-band Antenna
DT36 (M. Grabois, T. Hanson, G. Liolios) and DF52 (K. Smith and R. Winters) personnel travelled to KSC for a test on 3/13/00 (following STS-99) to observe and photograph payload bay mechanical systems visual cues as would be seen by the crew looking out the aft flight deck windows. The photographs were compared to the existing FDF diagrams.

Except where noted with an official NASA photo number, all photos and videos on this web site are derived from digital imagery taken on that trip from the Flight Deck of OV-105 (Endeavour).

Photos and video taken during the following missions or post-flight in the OPF:

  • STS-49 (OV-105, 5/92)
  • STS-76 (OV-104, 4/96, post-flight)
  • STS-92 (OV-103, 10/00)
  • STS-97 (OV-105, 11/00)
  • STS-99 (OV-105, 3/00, post-flight)
  • STS-101 (OV-104, 5/00)
  • STS-102 (OV-103, 3/01)
  • STS-103 (OV-103, 12/99)
  • STS-107 (OV-102, 1/03)
  • STS-108 (OV-105, 12/01)
  • STS-109 (OV-102, 3/02)
  • STS-113 (OV-105, 11/02)
  • STS-114 (OV-104, 7/05)

    Video obtained via the JSC Station and Shuttle Digital Video Repository (note that older browsers will not allow the user to search and view the videos).

    • HTML & Web page design March - May 2000
    DT36/Michael Grabois, 281-244-2333
    last updated August 2005