NASA ground and flight test activities aimed at the development of in-space construction techniques for the assembly of Space-Station-sized structures are described. In particular, attention is given to the EASE and ACCESS flight experiments, the ground and water tank program, and operations in-flight including instrumentations. The baseline experiments demonstrate that erectable structures can be assembled effectively by astronauts in EVA. The average assembly time for a 45-foot truss was 25.5 minutes; the assembly rate was 3.6 struts per minute.


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    Title :

    Space construction results - The EASE/ACCESS flight experiment


    Contributors:
    Bekey, I. (author)

    Publication date :

    1986-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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