CC22 Spacecraft Docking Adapter with a Flexible but Load-Bearing Floor

Status: Completed

Start Date: 2022-07-07

End Date: 2022-09-30

Description: NASA is seeking to challenge the GrabCAD Community to design a flexible, but load-bearing floor for use in both microgravity and gravity as part of a docking system that can articulate to dock elements that are not perfectly aligned
NASA is seeking to challenge the GrabCAD Community to design a flexible, but load-bearing floor for use in both microgravity and gravity as part of a docking system that can articulate to dock elements that are not perfectly aligned.
Benefits:

Four of the top five entries were usable as-is, but with modification the fifth one (which is not usable as-is) could be made to be superior to the other four. The results of this challenge provide NASA an excellent starting point for developing this needed capability going forward.
Significantly Advanced Towards a Solution
Planned for future implementation
CAD/Mech Design

Lead Organization: Johnson Space Center