OSAM-2: Plans and Progress for the First Demonstration of Structural Manufacturing in Space
OSAM-2 began as a NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Tipping Point project in 2016 in which an investment made in ground development and demonstration and/or flight demonstration will result in:
Significant advancement of technology’s maturation
High likelihood
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manufacturing-isru
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Marshall Space Flight Center
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Lawrence D. Huebner; Paul Shestople; Simon Patané; Daniel Hillsberry
Year
2022
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2026-07-25
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OSAM-2 began as a NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Tipping Point project in 2016 in which an investment made in ground development and demonstration and/or flight demonstration will result in:
Significant advancement of technology’s maturation
High likelihood for utilization of technology in commercially fielded space application
Significant improvement in ability to successfully bring space technology to market
Topic area was “Robotic In-Space Manufacturing and Assembly of Spacecraft and Space Structures”
Made In Space, Inc. (now Redwire) proposed Archinaut One, an in-space robotic precision manufacturing and assembly system for larger-than-deployable structures
Manufacturing / assembly in the operational environment allows manufactured parts to be designed for that environment (and not for launch loads and need to deploy)
In 2020 NASA budget language, NASA began using On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing Mission 2 (OSAM-2) for Archinaut One
Restore-L + SPIDER (SPace Infrastructure DExterous Robot) became OSAM-1
Note: Slide 7 contains video animation, best viewed in presentation mode, run time 2 mins 25 secs.
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