Space Station Freedom is being designed to be assembled and maintained on orbit by astronauts in space suits and by the use of telerobotic devices. Undersea experience in the cooperative use of divers and robots is being applied to the integration of astronauts in Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) and telerobots for on orbit assembly and external maintenance tasks. Evaluation of on orbit assembly and external maintenance tasks and worksites will determine which tasks should be done by EVA and which by telerobots. Priority emphasis is being given to telerobotics wherever practical. Neutral buoyancy testing in underwater test tanks is being conducted to evaluate EVA worksites and tasks in simulated weightlessness. Common designs for EVA and telerobotics hardware interfaces are being developed. The extensive analysis and test activities provide substantial confidence in the ability to assemble and maintain the Space Station Freedom on orbit.
EVA/Robotics Integration for Space Station Freedom
1990
5 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Manned Spacecraft , Astronautics , Extraterrestrial Exploration , Orbital assembly , Robotics , Space stations , Extravehicular activity , Neutral buoyancy simulation , Space suits , Teleoperators , Astronauts , Deep space , Deep water , Man machine systems , Space maintenance , Underwater tests , Weightlessness simulation
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