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Technische Universität München
Microarchitecture Space Studies
Project:
D. BOCS
KC-135 Postflight Report
Title (of investigation) Built-in Onorbit Container System BOCS
Flight Dates: October 26th, 28th and 29th 1999
Principal Investigator: Julia Habel
Goal
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Summary Report
Date: 12/06/1999
Page: D 01
The goal of the investigation is to see, how good the Built-in Onorbit Container System works in micro
gravity and to find out how it could be improved.
Objective
The Built-in Onorbit Container System BOCS is part of a new crew quarter design.
The idea is to have maximum space by storing all the needed utilities in storage units that are integrated in
the walls of the rack. anything that is not in use can be stowed away.
The system consists of storage units that can be joined together either in a rack wall or independently. No
additional frame is needed, because the bocses form a stiff frame themselves when joined together. They
can be put together in many different ways: on top of each other, next to one another or behind each other;
they can simply be arranged as one desires, or joined together to form larger units and they can also be
securely stored in a ctb bag.
Introduction
The task when designing a storage system for space habitation is to provide the astronauts with a very
simple modular and multifunctional system that can be used anywhere in the space station for the stowage
of personal and other items. The system must be easy to handle (zero-g!) and has to provide fixation possibilities
for the stowed items as they would escape from the units and float about.
The Built-in Onorbit Container System is the design of such a system including a special fixation mechanism
for different items.