A lightweight folding boom for accurately placing scientific experiments up to 25 feet from large spacecraft /
by John P. Bauernschub, Jr.

Description

Main Author

Bauernschub, John P.

Related Names

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Goddard Space Flight Center.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, D.C. : NASA, 1964.

Subjects

Space vehicles > Space vehicles / Equipment and supplies.
Manipulators (Mechanism)

Summary

A feasibility study was conducted on large folding booms for spacecraft applications. The resulting design featured precise repeatability, permitted the passing of a large electrical cable directly through each knuckle, and used a constant-speed spring-driven motor to operate the knuckles by means of a cable. The entire assembly, including the spring motor, is completely nonmagnetic and is ideally suited for placing a magnetometer experiment a considerable distance from the spacecraft structure. It can also place many other instruments, such as antennas and solar-celled paddle systems, away from the structure.

Note

"Report date January 1964."

Physical Description

7 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

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