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Description: The Serpentuator is a 40-foot long articulated arm to aid astronauts on extra-vehicular activities with moving equipment and astronauts to particular locations outside Skylab. The Canadarm serves a similar purpose on the Shuttle, though it is not as dexterous. This photograph shows the Serpentuator at Marshall Space Flight Center flat floor facility of building 4711 set to be tested in two dimensions on air bearings in a manner similar to air hockey. At the near end of the serpentuator is a 5 degrees of freedom (5DF) chair which allows a person strapped in to translate freely in two dimensions as well as roll, pitch, and yaw. The switch bank to the right of the chair controls the Serpentuator. Things that look in this picture like jellyfish provide air bearing support along the length of the Serpentuator. NASA caption: Serpentuator, all Mak(?) straight, tip control out for viewing, inboard view. Photographer Moss
Title: Serpentuator
Credit: von Braun, Wernher (2010) The Rocket Man: Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Took America to the Moon: His Weekly Notes: 1961-1969[1] (DVD), Steward & Wise Music Publishing, ISBN 978-1-935001-27-0, page 1969-04 p. 18
Author: NASA
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