IT House News on January 8, according to CCTV news, today in the close coordination of ground scientific and technological personnel, Shenzhou 13 astronauts in the core module of China's space station, using hand-controlled remote operation, successfully completed the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft and space station combination rendezvous and docking test.
▲ Schematic diagram of the previous robotic arm indexing test
On January 6, the station's robotic arm successfully completed the test of the auto-transposing cargo spacecraft, verifying its feasibility and effectiveness. This hand-controlled remote operation rendezvous and docking will serve as an important mode for the rendezvous and docking of the space station and the visiting aircraft in the future, and is a backup means for the automatic rendezvous and docking of unmanned aircraft. This test is the first time that astronauts have used hand-controlled remote operation equipment in orbit to control the cargo spacecraft and the space station to rendezvous and dock, which initially verifies the function and performance of the manual remote operating system of the space station and the visiting aircraft, as well as the rationality of the cooperative working procedure between heaven and earth.
According to IT Home, in the robotic arm transposition test, first the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft was unlocked and separated from the Tianhe core module, and then under the drag of the mechanical arm, the Tianzhou-2 used the core capsule as the center of the circle for plane transposition, and then reversed the operation, returning to the original position to dock and lock.
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