Tag

Extensible Booms

2 More Days To Zero-G: A Plan Starting To Come Together

Since I’m starting the blog post at 1am, this will be really terse. Sorry. More...

3 More Days To Zero-G: Setbacks and Progress Or “Can You Believe We’re Back to Where We Started This Morning?”

Today was a day of setbacks and progress. Boom Deployer Early in the morning the...

4 More Days To Zero-G: Electronics Progress and Getting On Our “Go-Go-Gadgettude”

Good solid progress today. Electronics/Controls Forrest and Kirk stayed late on Saturday night and made...

6 More Days to Zero-G: A Few Steps Forward, and Some Back

Sorry for the late update. We actually wrapped up a little early tonight since tomorrow...

8 More Days To Zero-G: Boom Deployer Parts Sourcing and Test Logistics Planning

Quick update for today, since I don’t have any eyecandy to show: Boom Deployer We...

10 Days To Zero-G: Boom Deployer Design Review

Sorry for yet another late-night blog post, but I intend to put up some more...

13 Days To Zero-G: Gripper Assembly and Joint-Locker Functional Test

Quick note from tonight. It turns out that I misread an email from yesterday and...

15 Days To Zero-G: Boom Deployer Work, Machined Parts Shipping, etc.

It’s actually past midnight, but I figured I’d give a quick update: We made some...

16 Days To Zero-G: Ribbon Cable Demo, Parts Machining, etc.

Really quick update since it’s so late: Mike Judson prototyped our current preferred method of...

18 Days To Zero-G: Gripper Design Review and Neutral-Biased Boom

Quick updates for tonight, since it’s really late: We found out late last week that...
1 2 3