Extended Duration Orbiter
The use of the Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) pallet extends the space shuttle’s stay time onorbit to 16 days plus two weather days.
The EDO pallet holds a set of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks to provide additional fuel for the orbiter’s electrical power generation system, a regenerating system for removing carbon dioxide from the crew cabin atmosphere, two additional nitrogen tanks for cabin air, and an improved waste collection system.
June 8th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
[...] with Ronald Reagan’s Space Station Freedom. In this painting Columbia is equipped with the Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) pallet which in this configuration would have allowed the shuttle to remain on orbit for 28 [...]