Engineering the Space Shuttle (Aerospace Systems Engineering)
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12 Weeks
25 September 2018 – 18 December 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aeronautical-Astronautical Engineering
Prof. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
(Former NASA Astronaut)
Aaron Cohen
Course Introduction
What I have learned
Section 1 – Origins of the Space Shuttle Program (4 Lectures on History and Policy)
- Introduction to Systems Engineering
Section 2 – Space Shuttle Subsystems
- Structures and Thermal Protection
- Rocket Engines
- Aerodynamics
- Mechanisms
- Hydraulic Systems
- Environmental Control and Life Support
- Guidance, Navigation and Control
Section 3 – Operating the Space Shuttle
- Launch Operations
- Shuttle Abort Modes
- Mission Control
- Payload Operations
- Extravehicular Activity (Spacewalking)
- Shuttle Accident Investigations
- Flight Testing the Space Shuttle
