Results are presented of tests conducted to evaluate a mobile work station/assembly fixture concept that would mechanically assist an astronaut in the on-orbit manual assembly of erectable truss-beams. The concept eliminates astronaut manual translation by use of a motorized work platform with foot restraints. The tests involved assembly of a tetrahedral truss-beam by a test subject in simulated zero gravity (neutral bouyancy in water). A three-bay truss-beam was assembled from 30 aluminum struts with quick-attachment structural joints. The results show that average on-orbit assembly rates of 2.1 struts per minute can be expected for struts of the size employed in these tests.


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    Titel :

    Swing-Arm Beam Erector (SABER) Concept for Single Astronaut Assembly of Space Structure


    Beteiligte:
    J. J. Watson (Autor:in) / W. L. Heard (Autor:in) / J. K. Jensen (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1985


    Format / Umfang :

    32 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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