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NanoRacks Airlock Module The Commercial Gateway to Space

Brock Howe, Airlock Project Manager NanoRacks LLC bhowe@nanoracks.com

ISSRD, Washington, DC July 2017

About the NanoRacks Airlock

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• The NanoRacks Airlock Module is our next generation ISS payload facility and it builds upon NanoRacks successful NanoLab Modules, NanoRacks CubeSat Deployers, External Platform and Kaber Deployer

• An enabling system to provide additional capability for future utilization of ISS - both commercial and government use

• Provides additional airlock capacity for deployment satellites from ISS, housing experiments, and the ability to move equipment inside to outside ISS

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Airlock Milestones

1 Space Act Agreement SignedMay 17, 2016

ISS Change Requests Directive SignedJuly 28, 2016

Systems Requirements ReviewAugust 30, 2016

Phase 0 Safety Technical Interchange MeetingSeptember 7, 2016

Critical Design ReviewOctober 2017

Preliminary Design ReviewFebruary 2017

Phase 1 Safety ReviewMarch 2017

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Phase 2 Safety ReviewJanuary 20188

Start of Integrated AssemblyJuly 2018

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Phase 3 Safety ReviewJanuary 2019

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Integrated Testing CompleteDecember 2018

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Ship To SpaceXJanuary 2019

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Launch!2019

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More About Our Program

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• Commercial development • NanoRacks is the leading technical team to execute

this project • Internal funds, customer down payments, and investor

contribution is financing the project • NanoRacks will own the facility for it’s lifetime • Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (OZ-16-047)

with NASA to develop the Airlock • Change Request 15277 approved by the SSPCB to

integrate the Airlock to the ISS • Targeting mid-2019 launch

Photos from the NASA JSC mockup of the NanoRacks Airlock Module at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab where astronauts train for EVAs

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Boeing Contract - Prime Vendor & Partner

Passive Common Berthing Mechanism

• Key interface to International Space Station (ISS)

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Access to Boeing Engineering and Technicians

• Prime contractor to NASA and ISS for engineering

• Used for PCBM installation and risk reductions for technical issues

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Hardware Contract

• For PCBM and additional engineering services

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Commercial Space Leadership

• Participation with NanoRacks, the recognized commercial leader in low-Earth orbit

• Period of performance goes through ISS lifetime and extends if Airlock is used on future commercial space stations

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Building a Bigger Gateway to Space

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• Current bottleneck at the JEM Airlock • Limited size (~25 ft3, (0.70 m3)) • Only ~10 openings per year with the

restrictions on who uses these openings • NanoRacks Airlock will expand those capabilities

• Over 5X the volume (~141 ft3, (3.99 m3)) • Number of openings driven by commercial

market and ISS availability (4-8 times per year expected)

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Airlock Technical Overview

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Satellite Deployment from the NanoRacks Airlock Module

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• The Nanoracks Airlock Module will be able to deploy much larger satellites that currently available through the JEM Airlock

• Our Airlock will be able to increase throughput by deploying up to 4 small satellites per Airlock sortie (opening) versus just one at a time through the JEM Airlock

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Combination Payload Deployer

• Combine payloads on one Airlock sortie • Various payload sizes • Various payload customers (government,

commercial, etc)

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HaybaleCubeSatDeployer

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Tech Demo with the Airlock

• Payload exposure to space environment for short duration (~1-2 weeks) • Infinite pointing options while on the SSRMS (e.g. Ram, Wake, Zenith, Nadir) • Examples: Earth viewing cameras, materials exposure, space construction,

sensor validation

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payload

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Internal Payloads in the Airlock

• Typical internal ISS Rack/Locker type payload • Similar electrical interfaces as ISS Racks • Can operate in ISS environment (Node 3 hatch open)

or in various pressure conditions down to vacuum (Node 3 hatch closed)

• Examples: Locker payloads, glove box payloads, NR Frame payloads, custom size internal payloads

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Payload Interfaces• Deployable payloads

• Mechanical: Clamp Band Opening Devices (CBOD) - NanoRacks Separation System or similar commercial variant

• Maximum size: 3.6x3.6x4.1 ft; 710 lbs (1.12x1.12x1.27m; 322 kg) • Based on max rectangular volume and max ballistic number

required by NASA for deployable payloads to minimize risk of recontact

• Internal Payloads • Mechanical: Interface to Airlock seat track (or NanoRacks develops) • Power: 120 VDC (4 sites internal) • Data: Ethernet to Airlock avionics

• Airlock communicates to ISS JSL • Store and forward capability with Airlock Network Attached

Storage

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External Payloads

• Six external payload sites available • Oceaneering GOLD 2 connector provides electrical,

mechanical, and robotic interface • Roughly ~8 ft3 (0.22 m3)volume for payloads (~2 ft;

(0.61m) cube) • Redundant power (120 VDC) and data (Ethernet)

interfaces connected to Airlock avionics • Scarring for fiber optics and coaxial connections • Payloads could utilize a combination of internal

volume (e.g. for avionics) and external sites (e.g. for sensors)

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purposes only

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The NanoRacks Airlock Module: Your Commercial Gateway

Thanks! bhowe@nanoracks.com