Space shuttle and iss

[Jonda]

So i saw a video on the shuttle docking with the iss and then they open a hatch to get on the iss. Wheres that hatch and how did they get to it because you cant go through where it was docked right? 

 

[Geonovast]

There's a docking port inside the cargo bay immediately behind the crew cabin.

Why do you think they can't go through there?

Edited October 9, 2018 by Geonovast

[Jonda]

Oh okay that makes sense thank you! Im dumb lol

18 minutes ago, Geonovast said:

There's a docking port inside the cargo bay immediately behind the crew cabin.

Why do you think they can't go through there?

Wheres the thing theyre supposed to align with then when they dock to the shuttle?

[DerekL1963]

25 minutes ago, Jonda said:

Wheres the thing theyre supposed to align with then when they dock to the shuttle?

Plainly visible in both photographs.  If you're asking "where on the station?", I'd have to ask you "when?" because it moved about during various phases of station construction.

[ZooNamedGames]

As shown above, the docking port was behind the cockpit and also acted as an airlock for crew transfers. It was hollow, allowing crews to pass through. Much like the Apollo era docking ports which allowed crews to pass from the CSM to the LM.

Though not clearly labeled, directly below the 'Mid Deck' label, is a split round shape, which is the airlock for the docking port in the cargo bay. They would open it when docked, then enter it, and go up (in reference to the shuttle's floor) into the ISS/Mir (seeing as those were it's only dockable destinations).

[Nibb31]

The docking modules were not originally part of the Shuttle design. They were built by Russia and retro-fitted as part of the Shuttle-Mir program. This is why the US segment of the ISS was fitted with Russian APAS docking ports.

Also, Columbia was never fitted with the docking equipment.

 

[DerekL1963]

22 hours ago, Nibb31 said:

This is why the US segment of the ISS was fitted with Russian APAS docking ports.

The US modules are fitted with CBM.  There are three PMA's (Pressurized Mating Adapter) that mount to CBM and provide APAS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressurized_Mating_Adapter

[Reactordrone]

On 10/9/2018 at 2:24 PM, Jonda said:

Oh okay that makes sense thank you! Im dumb lol

Wheres the thing theyre supposed to align with then when they dock to the shuttle?

Because APAS(and now the NASA docking system IDSS) isn't a probe drogue system you can have a docking target inside the docking ring.

https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-108/html/s108e5112.html

[YNM]

Some more images on APAS, maybe :

Active docking ring deployed

After capture but before retraction (on Mir)

Fully retracted and docked :

NASA Docking System test (IDA/IDSS compatible) :

[YNM]

And yeah you can open the hatches and go through the thing. Fairly snug indeed - the opening is only 800 mm (80 cm, 0.8 m, 2' 7.5") in diameter.

[Jonda]

On 10/8/2018 at 11:36 PM, Geonovast said:

There's a docking port inside the cargo bay immediately behind the crew cabin.

Why do you think they can't go through there?

 

Beautful!

Edited October 21, 2018 by Jonda