PROJECT GROUP A

 

COEXISTENCE TOWER   1985-1986

Design: David Nixon and Jan Kaplicky, Future Systems, London and Los Angeles

Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: Ove Arup and Partners, London. Ian Ainsworth, Richard Hough, Roger Hyde, Chris Jofeh, Martin Manning, Jane Wernick. 

Modelmaker: The Network, London. Richard Armiger, Jonathan Applegate, Nick Grace, Simon Hamnell, Andrew Jackson, Jenny Playle.

 

DEPLOYABLE SPACE TRUSS STRUCTURE   1984-1985

Design: David Nixon and Jan Kaplicky, Future Systems, Los Angeles ad London

Engineering Support: McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach

Modelmaker: Simon Lane, London

 

ASTRONAUT WEARABLE WORKSTATION   1987

Project Direction: David Nixon, Los Angeles

KC-135 Test Flight Provider: NASA and Spacehab Inc., Houston

KC-135 Test Flight Experiment Operator: Joe Kennedy, graduate student, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Santa Monica

 

SPACE STATION CREW MODULE  1985-1988

Project Direction: David Nixon, Los Angeles

NASA Project Manager: Marc Cohen, NASA-Ames Research Center, Mountain View

Graduate Student Team, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Santa Monica: Bedros Darkjian, Regis Fauquet, Oussama Hamadani, Robert Kleis, John Lynch, Christopher Miller, Greg Salmi, Jeff Salmi, Aleco Simonian, Elia Susiloputro, John Wood, Mike Avila, Jeff Deyoe, Manfred Schlosser, Karl Schurz, Mike Whitby, Rod Woolner 

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SPACE STATION TABLE   1988-1989

Design: David Nixon and Jan Kaplicky, Future Systems, Los Angeles and London

Structural Engineers: Ove Arup & Partners (Jane Wernick), London

NASA Coordinating Manager: Marc Cohen, NASA-Ames Research Center, Mountain View

Structural Fabricators: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mountain View

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EUROPEAN SPACE STATION   1992

Configuration and Phasing: David Nixon                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Environmental Control & Life Support Systems: Robin Huttenbach                                                                                                                                                                             Marketing Applications: Nick Larter

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SPACELAB SYSTEM COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS   1992-1993

Design: David Nixon, Los Angeles

Project Coordinator: Tom Taylor, Los Angeles

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PROJECT GROUP B

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DEEP SPACE NETWORK TRACKING STATION MASTER PLAN   1993-1994

Design: David Nixon, Los Angeles

Masterplan Coordination: Glenwood Garvey Associates, Santa Monica

 

​COMMERCIAL SPACEPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN   1994

Design: David Nixon, Los Angeles

Project Coordinator for Kistler Aerospace Corporation: Tom Taylor, Los Angeles 

X-33 GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN  1995

Design: David Nixon, Los Angeles

Structural Engineeering: RFR, Paris

Transporter Concept: Francis & Francis, Nice

 

CARGO SHIP LAUNCH-LANDING PLATFORM FEASIBILITY STUDY   1997-98

Project Direction: David Nixon, Los Angeles

Naval Architects: Francis & Francis, Nice

Marine Engineers: Three Quays Marine Services, Southampton

Shipbrokers: E A Gibson, London

Cargo Ship CAD: Glenwood Garvey Associates, Santa Monica

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ROTON ASSEMBLY AND OPERATIONS CENTRE   1998-1999

Mojave Airport Director: Dan Sabovich

Mojave Airport Engineer: David Russell

Client Representative: Geri Rice

Design: David Nixon

Structural Engineering: American Building Systems Company

General Contractor: Wallace and Smith

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LIGHT RAIL STATION STRUCTURES   2002

Design: David Nixon and Kathryn Lim, Los Angeles

Project Managers and Engineers: Parsons Brinckerhoff, Los Angeles

 

MINIATURE SPACE EXPERIMENT TRAY   2002-2004

Design and Development Direction: David Nixon, Los Angeles

Project Coordinator: Nick Larter

Engineering and Fabrication: Brand Grifffin and Genesis Engineering, Huntsville

Payload Carrier: Spacehab Inc., Cape Kennedy

 

PROJECT GROUP C

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MOJAVE AEROSPACE MUSEUM DESIGN   2005-2007

Design: David Nixon and Truls Ovrum, Los Angeles

Structural Engineers: Arup, Los Angeles

Cost Consultants: Davis Langdon, Los Angeles

 

STEM/SPACE PHYSICS SPACEFLIGHT KIT   2006-2008

Design and Development Direction: David Nixon, Los Angeles and Noordwijk

Project Coordinator: Nick Larter

Experiment Electronics Development: Mario Reidel, Noordwijk

Experiment Testing: RUAG, Zurich

Zero-g Airbus 300 Parabolic Flight Test Operator: Mario Reidel, Noordwijk

Zero-g Airbus 300 Parabolic Flight Test Support: Dr Paul Clancy, Paris

Post-Flight Data Processing: Stefano Antonetti, Paris

 

EXOMARS ROVER LABORATORY DESIGN   2008-2009

Design: David Nixon and Truls Ovrum, Los Angeles

Project Coordinators: Paul Clancy and Stefano Antonetti, Paris

Structural Engineers: Arup, Cardiff and London

Cost Consultants: Davis Langdon, London

Cladding Design: Architecture + Vision, Munich

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TELESCOPIC PRESSURIZED MODULE   2010-2011

Design: David Nixon, Los Angeles

 

UNDERGROUND ISOLATION CHAMBER   2010-2012

Design: David Nixon, Los Angeles

Project Coordinators: Paul Clancy and Stefano Antonetti, Paris 

Structural Engineers:  RFR, Paris

Environmental Control & Life Support System Engineers:  EADS Astrium, Bremen

Cost Consultants:  David Langdon, London

 

BOOK ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION   2010-2015

Author: David Nixon

Publisher: David Jenkins, Circa Press, London

Book Design: Jean-Michel Dentand

3D CAD Images Rendering: Jayson Young

Proofreading: Julie Dawson

Indexing: Vanessa Bird

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ROTATING SPACE STATION TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR   2020-2025

Design: David Nixon, France

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