#spacemaintenance — Public Fediverse posts

How long could a #humanoid #robot 🤖 operate on #Mars 🔴 ?

Rover examples :
#Spirit: 7 years
#Opportunity: 15 years
#Curiosity > 10 years

Often-times a “bare” #robot cannot operate in the intended environment. Extremes of #temperature ❄️🌡️ is just one example. #Robosuits can be augmented to supply either cooling or heating to keep the #robot within OEM temperature specifications https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/article/2018/06/protecting-your-robot-with-robosuit/12076

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #SelfReplicatingMachine

How long could a #humanoid #robot 🤖 operate on #Mars 🔴 ?

Rover examples :
#Spirit: 7 years
#Opportunity: 15 years
#Curiosity > 10 years

Often-times a “bare” #robot cannot operate in the intended environment. Extremes of #temperature ❄️🌡️ is just one example. #Robosuits can be augmented to supply either cooling or heating to keep the #robot within OEM temperature specifications https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/article/2018/06/protecting-your-robot-with-robosuit/12076

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #SelfReplicatingMachine

How long could a #humanoid #robot 🤖 operate on #Mars 🔴 ?

Rover examples :
#Spirit: 7 years
#Opportunity: 15 years
#Curiosity > 10 years

Often-times a “bare” #robot cannot operate in the intended environment. Extremes of #temperature ❄️🌡️ is just one example. #Robosuits can be augmented to supply either cooling or heating to keep the #robot within OEM temperature specifications https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/article/2018/06/protecting-your-robot-with-robosuit/12076

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #SelfReplicatingMachine

How long could a #humanoid #robot 🤖 operate on #Mars 🔴 ?

Rover examples :
#Spirit: 7 years
#Opportunity: 15 years
#Curiosity > 10 years

Often-times a “bare” #robot cannot operate in the intended environment. Extremes of #temperature ❄️🌡️ is just one example. #Robosuits can be augmented to supply either cooling or heating to keep the #robot within OEM temperature specifications https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/article/2018/06/protecting-your-robot-with-robosuit/12076

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #SelfReplicatingMachine

How long could a #humanoid #robot 🤖 operate on #Mars 🔴 ?

Rover examples :
#Spirit: 7 years
#Opportunity: 15 years
#Curiosity > 10 years

Often-times a “bare” #robot cannot operate in the intended environment. Extremes of #temperature ❄️🌡️ is just one example. #Robosuits can be augmented to supply either cooling or heating to keep the #robot within OEM temperature specifications https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/article/2018/06/protecting-your-robot-with-robosuit/12076

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #SelfReplicatingMachine

The first time a commercial #robotic spacecraft captures a government #satellite 🛰️ that is uncrewed and was not originally designed to be serviced 🔧 in space.
#Swift has gradually been losing altitude ⤵️ due to atmospheric drag. On top of that, recent increases in the Sun’s ☀️ activity has caused Earth’s #atmosphere to swell, intensifying drag and speeding up the process https://www.astronomy.com/science/swift-observatory-rescue-mission

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #robotics #NASA

The first time a commercial #robotic spacecraft captures a government #satellite 🛰️ that is uncrewed and was not originally designed to be serviced 🔧 in space.
#Swift has gradually been losing altitude ⤵️ due to atmospheric drag. On top of that, recent increases in the Sun’s ☀️ activity has caused Earth’s #atmosphere to swell, intensifying drag and speeding up the process https://www.astronomy.com/science/swift-observatory-rescue-mission

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #robotics #NASA

The first time a commercial #robotic spacecraft captures a government #satellite 🛰️ that is uncrewed and was not originally designed to be serviced 🔧 in space.
#Swift has gradually been losing altitude ⤵️ due to atmospheric drag. On top of that, recent increases in the Sun’s ☀️ activity has caused Earth’s #atmosphere to swell, intensifying drag and speeding up the process https://www.astronomy.com/science/swift-observatory-rescue-mission

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #robotics #NASA

The first time a commercial #robotic spacecraft captures a government #satellite 🛰️ that is uncrewed and was not originally designed to be serviced 🔧 in space.
#Swift has gradually been losing altitude ⤵️ due to atmospheric drag. On top of that, recent increases in the Sun’s ☀️ activity has caused Earth’s #atmosphere to swell, intensifying drag and speeding up the process https://www.astronomy.com/science/swift-observatory-rescue-mission

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #robotics #NASA

The first time a commercial #robotic spacecraft captures a government #satellite 🛰️ that is uncrewed and was not originally designed to be serviced 🔧 in space.
#Swift has gradually been losing altitude ⤵️ due to atmospheric drag. On top of that, recent increases in the Sun’s ☀️ activity has caused Earth’s #atmosphere to swell, intensifying drag and speeding up the process https://www.astronomy.com/science/swift-observatory-rescue-mission

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance #robotics #NASA

With #ESA launching a third initiative in less than a year, it’s clear that in-orbit life extension 🔧⛽ is a priority for the agency https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-to-launch-in-orbit-refuelling-demonstration-mission

#SpaceMaintenance #DOrbit #RISE

🇨🇳 #Shijian25 is expected to use its robotic arms to latch onto #Shijian21 and replenish its fuel ⛽. The latter used up much of its propellant in 2022 while towing a defunct #BeiDou navigation satellite 🛰️ into a higher graveyard orbit. @planet4589 said the behaviour of the #American 🇺🇸 satellites was highly uncommon. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3314364/chinas-landmark-orbital-refuelling-mission-why-2-us-spy-satellites-hover-nearby

#SpaceMaintenance

#OtterPup2 is intended to dock with a spacecraft 🛰️ that is not prepared for a docking maneuver. To be launched 🚀 next month on board a #Falcon9 https://www.heise.de/en/news/Starfish-Space-plant-Satellite-service-mission-10393369.html

#StarfishSpace #SpaceMaintenance

The #Apollo13 solution of a plastic bag, cardstock, a #spacesuit hose, and #DuctTape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D0LDbta1IE

Details : https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/conserving-creativity-saved-apollo-13-astronauts

#RedneckEngineering #SpaceMaintenance #RocketScience

#UK's 🇬🇧 first In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing conference on 📆 8-9 May 2024 is sold out https://www.compleathub.co.uk/satellite-applications-catapult/

#IOSM #SpaceMaintenance

#NASA is shutting down the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (#OSAM-1) project https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/nasa-discontinue-2-billion-satellite-servicing-project-higher-costs-schedule-2024-03-01

#SpaceMaintenance

#SpaceLogistics & #SpaceMaintenance will most likely be dominated by #SpaceRobot 🤖 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-professional-service-robots-installed-by-area | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/domain-notable-artificial-intelligence-systems

#GITAI's 1.5-meter-long autonomous dual #robotic 🤖 arm arrived at the #ISS 📆 Feb. 1, 2024. The arm system will be mounted external to the ISS and perform on-#orbit services, including maintenance 🔧, inspection, and life-extension operations for #satellites https://gitai.tech/2024/02/01/gitai-autonomous-robotic-arm-arrives-at-space-station-to-conduct-isam-external-tech-demo/

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance

#RheaSpace plans a #robotic 🤖 rescue mission for #NASA’s #SpaceTelescope 🔭

@arstechnica The #SpaceAgency would welcome the return of #Spitzer not only for scientific purposes, but also to help characterize the #NEO #AsteroidThreat ☄️.
But is Spitzer healthy after all this time? "The #SolarCells may be degraded, and there may be #meteorite ☄️ impacts," https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/a-private-company-has-an-audacious-plan-to-rescue-nasas-last-great-observatory

#SpaceMaintenance

#NASA 📆 April 2020 #Micrometeoroids and #SpaceDebris will strike an #orbiting Station throughout its lifetime, as is evident on the #ISS, where several #solar arrays show #damage caused by micrometeoroids. The #hope is that the #meteoroids will not hit any #critical areas and cause #emergency #evacuation of the structure. Damage from meteoroids may include damage to #habitation 💤 modules.
#Welding is one of the best ways to create hermetic seals. The ability to #weld these structures without waiting for new equipment may limit the #risks to #astronauts in the event of damage.This ability for rapid #repair may also become more significant as orbiting Stations such as #Gateway move further from #Earth and the associated #cost of shipping parts increases. It is important to #develop these technologies now.

#NASA has recently funded work on #development of #spacewelding 🎇 capabilities https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20200002259/downloads/20200002259.pdf

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity #SpaceMaintenance #SpaceAgency #SpaceStation

#NASA's #OSAM-1 (On-#orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing) #satellite servicing and refueling ⛽ scheduled after 📆 2025 https://nexis.gsfc.nasa.gov/OSAM-1.html

#SmithsonianMagazine 📆 March 2, 2022 in 📆 2020, the aerospace company #NorthropGrumman successfully launched two “mission extension vehicles,” equipped with their own engines and fuel, that attached themselves to two commercial satellites 🛰️ and boosted them into new #orbits. #Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites by #DARPA is scheduled for 📆 2024 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/robots-may-soon-fix-fuel-satellites-in-space-180979659

#AeroSpace #robot companies in #OpenStreetMap : https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/aerospace%3Aproduct=robot

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance

#BBC #Columbia #SpaceShuttle Investigation https://youtu.be/2eTRaJGDe-8

'You know, there is nothing we can do about #damage to the TPS. If it has been damaged it’s probably better not to know. I think the crew would rather not know. Don’t you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than to stay on #orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out ?'”
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150130-what-caused-the-columbia-disaster

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity #SpaceMaintenance #SpaceAgency #SpacePolitics

The keyword hashtag list reached 5️⃣5️⃣ 55 entries :

#AsteroidMining
#AsteroidThreat
#CelestialBodyLanding
#DSOC (Deep Space Optical Communications)
#HallEffectThruster
#HumanSpaceflight
#HumanSpaceflightBasics
#HumanSpaceflightHealth
#HumanSpaceflightSecurity
#ISRU (in situ resource utilization)
#LaunchCost
#Lunar3dPrinting
#MoonMining
#PrivateSpaceflight
#ReusableLaunchVehicle
#RocketEngine
#RocketScience
#SatelliteImprovement
#SatelliteInternetAccess
#SBSP (Space-based Solar Power)
#SmallSat
#SpaceAgency
#SpaceCommunication
#SpaceCompany
#SpaceCraft
#SpaceColonization
#SpacecraftComparison
#SpacecraftPropulsion
#SpaceDebris
#SpaceEnergy
#SpaceEvent
#SpaceFood
#SpaceForce
#SpaceHabitat
#SpaceHotel
#SpaceIndustry
#SpaceInfrastructure
#SpaceLogistics
#SpaceMaintenance
#SpaceMining
#SpaceNavigation
#SpacePhotography
#SpacePlants
#SpacePolitics
#SpacePort
#SpaceRegulation
#SpaceRobot
#SpaceScience
#SpaceSciFi
#SpaceStation
#SpaceSuit
#SpaceTelescope
#SpaceTourism
#SpaceWelding
#TimeToOrbit

It is not the first leak on the #Soyuz. In 2018 the module sprang an #air #leak. #Astronauts used #tape to seal the leak after it caused a small loss of #pressure that was not #life #threatening https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/23/latest-soyuz-capsule-leak-prompts-russians-to-plan-possible-rescue-of-space-station-crew

Picture : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-64_Hopkins_using_HUNCH_Tape_Dispenser.jpg

#SpaceMaintenance #kiss principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle not #RocketScience #ducttape

According to #ChrisHadfield, #Soyuz can't be used without the #leaked coolant. Fixing the #leak is unlikely. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2147731011834/

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity #SpaceMaintenance

#ISS : The #leak does raise questions about the #viability of the Soyuz #spacecraft, which is the ride back to #Earth for Prokopyev, Petelin, and #NASA's Frank Rubio. If Russian engineers determine there is an issue, a #replacement #Soyuz would need to be flown up to the station.The three crew members would have ⛔ no #emergency escape vehicle https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/a-russian-spacecraft-started-leaking-uncontrollably-on-monday-night/

#SpaceMaintenance #HumanSpaceflightSecurity

The #Soyuz at the #ISS is currently #leaking https://youtu.be/5qGzTuBGYNQ

#Reuters 📆 December 15, 2022 "A routine #spacewalk by two #Russian #cosmonauts aboard the International #SpaceStation (ISS) was called off as it was about to begin after flight controllers noticed a stream of #liquid spewing ⛲ from a docked Soyuz spacecraft, a #NASA webcast showed"

#SpaceCraft #SpaceMaintenance #HumanSpaceflightSecurity

At the moment there are about 4,852 working #satellites in #orbit, playing crucial roles in #communications, remote sensing and other tasks. Two new missions will take #servicing a step further. Semiautonomous #robots equipped with mechanical arms to add #fuel to orbiting satellites, and even to make simple #repairs. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/robots-may-soon-fix-fuel-satellites-in-space-180979659

#SpaceMaintenance

Reminder how #hydrogen reacts if there's a spark https://youtu.be/ce6imsXTkGQ
Three #men put themselves at grave #risk on Wednesday when they climbed the #launch tower and fixed a leaky #valve on a #rocket filled with #explosive 💥 #propellants https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/science/nasa-red-crew-moon.html
#Artemis #SLS #NASA

#SpaceMaintenance #HumanSpaceflightSecurity #SpaceAgency #RocketScience

@reuters #Artemis #SLS : Four hours 🕒 before Wednesday's blastoff, crews had to deal with a flurry of simultaneous issues, including a leaky #fuel #valve💧.
Quick work on the #launch pad by a #special team of #technicians, who tightened down a loose connection well inside the "blast zone" demarcated around a nearly fully fueled #rocket, was credited with #saving the launch https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/nasas-artemis-rocketship-course-moon-after-epic-launch-2022-11-16

#SpaceMaintenance #RocketScience #SpaceAgency