Autonomous rendezvous, capture and in-space assembly: Past, present and future

A Collection of Technical Papers - 1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 234-245

  Zimpfer, Douglas ^a   Kachmar, Peter ^b   Tuohy, Seamus ^b  

^a CS Draper Laboratory   (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; ROBOTICS; SAFETY FACTOR; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IN-SPACE ASSEMBLY; SPACE ELEMENTS; SPACE PROGRAMS;

SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

EID: 28744448620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-2523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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