#flymetospace

If you have a story set on a space shuttle, or any near-future space ship or space station, a perusal of NASA’s Shuttle Crew Operations Manual can help you keep the details realistic, and may even spark new ideas.

Taking you from the most basic overview of a shuttle mission (page 33) to the details of orbital docking systems (page 673) to the details of the Personal Hygiene Kit (page 209).

1161 pages of awesome engineering. Enjoy this look at the most complicated machine ever built by humanity.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/390651main_shuttle_crew_operations_manual.pdf