Preflight Imagery for the Astroporter Investigation

One Astrobee takes an EXPRESS Rack double locker payload, determining its mass and adjusting its Guidance and Navigation Control (GNC) to perform an installation maneuver with the help of another Astrobee and a robotic arm. Image courtesy of Tethers Unlimited.

jsc2021e058908 (11/17/2021) --- A graphic of an Astrobee taking an EXPRESS Rack double locker payload, determining its mass and adjusting its Guidance and Navigation Control (GNC) to perform an installation maneuver with the help of another Astrobee and a robotic arm. Astrobee Mass Property Learner and Collaboration Algorithms (Astroporter) demonstrates software for estimating the mass properties of payloads attached to Astrobee and algorithms for making adjustments as needed. Image courtesy of Tethers Unlimited.

Photographer Tethers Unlimited