title: The development of the European retrievable carrier "EURECA".
abstract: Having successfully completed its first flight on 1 July 1993 the design and operational concepts of EURECA are reviewed against the experience gained from the development and first mission of EURECA. Designed as a precursor to free flying and recoverable elements of a future space station scenario the cost-effectivity, flexibility and user friendliness of the EURECA as a multi-disciplinary research platform is substantiated.
authors.affiliation: ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nellessen
mesh_terms: D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D004867:Equipment Design; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D018559:Exobiology / Q000295:instrumentation; D012106:Research / Q000295:instrumentation; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014893:Weightlessness