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==History== | ==History== | ||
It was derived from a formerly | It was derived from a formerly classified Titan Launch Dispenser used to distribute reconnaissance satellites to different orbits.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/news/1997/7-97r.htm |title=NRL Revamping Control Module for NASA Space Station |publisher=[[Naval Research Laboratory|NRL]] |date= June 1997 |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> It would have been able to prolong the lifespan of the [[Zarya (ISS module)|Zarya]] module by providing equivalent propulsion capabilities to the Service Module, although not any of the other life support capabilities. | ||
{{quote|text=In 1997 NASA requested that the [[Naval Research Laboratory]] study the feasibility of adapting an existing, heritage spaceflight system to provide low-cost, contingency propulsion operations for the International Space Station (ISS). | {{quote|text=In 1997 NASA requested that the [[Naval Research Laboratory]] study the feasibility of adapting an existing, heritage spaceflight system to provide low-cost, contingency propulsion operations for the International Space Station (ISS). | ||
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After the successful launch of Zvezda, ICM was placed in a caretaker status at NRL's Payload Processing Facility in Washington, D.C. Should it become necessary to complete and launch ICM, it was estimated that it would take between two and two-and-a-half years to do so.<ref name="Handberg2003">{{cite book|last=Handberg|first=Roger|title=Reinventing NASA: Human Space Flight, Bureaucracy, and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=plzgglHCV10C&pg=PA116|year=2003|publisher=Praeger|location=Westport, CT|isbn=978-0-275-97002-4|page=116}}</ref> | After the successful launch of Zvezda, ICM was placed in a caretaker status at NRL's Payload Processing Facility in Washington, D.C. Should it become necessary to complete and launch ICM, it was estimated that it would take between two and two-and-a-half years to do so.<ref name="Handberg2003">{{cite book|last=Handberg|first=Roger|title=Reinventing NASA: Human Space Flight, Bureaucracy, and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=plzgglHCV10C&pg=PA116|year=2003|publisher=Praeger|location=Westport, CT|isbn=978-0-275-97002-4|page=116}}</ref> | ||
Since the ICM was mothballed, a variety of new uses for it have been proposed. Most seriously, it was proposed for use as part of a robotic servicing mission for the [[Hubble Space Telescope]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2004/05/01/robots-to-the-rescue-for-the-ailing-hubble/|title=Robots to the rescue for the ailing Hubble?|last=Roylance|first=Frank D.|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=1 May 2004}}</ref> before the final Shuttle [[STS-125|servicing mission]] was approved. The ICM has also been suggested as an integral part of a new telescope based on [[2012 National Reconnaissance Office space telescope donation to NASA|unused spy satellite hardware]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2012/11/19/moore-1_Princeton_2.pdf|title=Princeton Astrophysics Community Meeting|last=Moore|first=Michael|date=4 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306232043/http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2012/11/19/moore-1_Princeton_2.pdf|archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref> and even for use in its original role in the event of removal of the [[Russian Orbital Segment]] of the ISS.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marco-caceres/when-keeping-the-space-st_b_5326275.html|title=When Keeping the Space Station Open Suddenly Became a Cause Célèbre|last=Cáceres|first=Marco|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=14 May 2014}}</ref> | Since the ICM was [[Mothball#In_popular_culture|mothballed]], a variety of new uses for it have been proposed. Most seriously, it was proposed for use as part of a robotic servicing mission for the [[Hubble Space Telescope]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2004/05/01/robots-to-the-rescue-for-the-ailing-hubble/|title=Robots to the rescue for the ailing Hubble?|last=Roylance|first=Frank D.|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=1 May 2004}}</ref> before the final Shuttle [[STS-125|servicing mission]] was approved. The ICM has also been suggested as an integral part of a new telescope based on [[2012 National Reconnaissance Office space telescope donation to NASA|unused spy satellite hardware]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2012/11/19/moore-1_Princeton_2.pdf|title=Princeton Astrophysics Community Meeting|last=Moore|first=Michael|date=4 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306232043/http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2012/11/19/moore-1_Princeton_2.pdf|archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref> and even for use in its original role in the event of removal of the [[Russian Orbital Segment]] of the ISS.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marco-caceres/when-keeping-the-space-st_b_5326275.html|title=When Keeping the Space Station Open Suddenly Became a Cause Célèbre|last=Cáceres|first=Marco|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=14 May 2014}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:28, 25 December 2025
The Interim Control Module (ICM) is a NASA-constructed module designed to serve as a temporary "tug" for the International Space Station in case the Zvezda service module was destroyed or not launched for an extended period of time.[1]
History
It was derived from a formerly classified Titan Launch Dispenser used to distribute reconnaissance satellites to different orbits.[2] It would have been able to prolong the lifespan of the Zarya module by providing equivalent propulsion capabilities to the Service Module, although not any of the other life support capabilities.
After the successful launch of Zvezda, ICM was placed in a caretaker status at NRL's Payload Processing Facility in Washington, D.C. Should it become necessary to complete and launch ICM, it was estimated that it would take between two and two-and-a-half years to do so.[3]
Since the ICM was mothballed, a variety of new uses for it have been proposed. Most seriously, it was proposed for use as part of a robotic servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope,[4] before the final Shuttle servicing mission was approved. The ICM has also been suggested as an integral part of a new telescope based on unused spy satellite hardware,[5] and even for use in its original role in the event of removal of the Russian Orbital Segment of the ISS.[6]
References
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