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Structural Design Practices

• Payload interfaces to launch vehicles• Examples of structural design

approaches from past space vehicle structural designs

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Shuttle Payload Restraint Configurations

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Orbiter Active Latches

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Orbiter Passive Latches

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Atlas V Payload Fairing Configuration

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Delta IV Bolted Payload Attach Fitting

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Delta IV Pyro Payload Attach Fitting

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Delta IV Marmon Band PAF

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Saturn V First Stage (S-IC) Cutaway

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Saturn V S-IC Intertank Fairing

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Saturn V S-IC Intertank Assembly

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Saturn V S-IC Ground Handling

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N-1 Ground Handling

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Buran Ground Handling

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Saturn V S-II Stage Stacking

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Saturn V S-II LOX Tank Cutaway

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Saturn V S-II Stage Engine Cluster

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Saturn V S-II Thrust Structure Detail

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Saturn V S-II Interstage Jettison

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N-1 Launch Vehicle Interstages

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Saturn V S-IVB/J-2 Thrust Structure

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Mercury Spacecraft Layout

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Mercury Spacecraft Assembly

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Gemini Spacecraft Equipment Arrangement

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Apollo Spacecraft Components

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Soyuz Spacecraft Design

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Lunar Module Overall Configuration

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Lunar Module Ascent Stage Structure

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Lunar Module Ascent Stage Structure

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Lunar Module Descent Stage Structure

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Lunar Module Descent Stage Structures

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Soviet Lunar Lander Concepts

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LK Lunar Landing Vehicle

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LK Spacecraft on Moon