Technical Paper
Node 2 - Node 3 TCS Design Commonality
2000-07-10
2000-01-2309
In the frame of a collaboration with ASI, NASA and ESA, Alenia Aerospazio is responsible for the design of several pressurized elements of the ISS: MPLM, COF, Cupola, Node 2 and Node 3. For Node 2 and Node 3 a “design synergy“ has therefore been pursued to exploit the gained experience as well as the day by day achieved know-how. Node 2 and Node 3 are pressurized elements of the ISS; they provide passageway among berthed habitable volumes, distribute electrical power and commands, collect and transport thermal energy by rejecting waste heat to ISS radiators. The Node 2 attached elements are the USL, the PMA2, the MPLM, the JEM, the COF, and the CAM. The Node 3 attached elements are the Node 1 (“Unity”), the CRV, the MPLM, the HAB and Cupola. Figure 1 shows the Nodes and the other Alenia developed elements integrated in the ISS.