What is Crew Dragon approaching in this picture?
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Crew Dragon (without a crew) just docked to the ISS for the first time last night. Most of the news reports on it are using the below photo. I thought it was supposed to dock to the Harmony module's International Docking Adapter, but this picture doesn't look at all how I would expect if that were the case. In the photo, Dragon appears to be about to dock to a structure with two large converging cylindrical arms. What is that structure?
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Crew Dragon (without a crew) just docked to the ISS for the first time last night. Most of the news reports on it are using the below photo. I thought it was supposed to dock to the Harmony module's International Docking Adapter, but this picture doesn't look at all how I would expect if that were the case. In the photo, Dragon appears to be about to dock to a structure with two large converging cylindrical arms. What is that structure?
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Crew Dragon (without a crew) just docked to the ISS for the first time last night. Most of the news reports on it are using the below photo. I thought it was supposed to dock to the Harmony module's International Docking Adapter, but this picture doesn't look at all how I would expect if that were the case. In the photo, Dragon appears to be about to dock to a structure with two large converging cylindrical arms. What is that structure?
spacex iss docking
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Crew Dragon (without a crew) just docked to the ISS for the first time last night. Most of the news reports on it are using the below photo. I thought it was supposed to dock to the Harmony module's International Docking Adapter, but this picture doesn't look at all how I would expect if that were the case. In the photo, Dragon appears to be about to dock to a structure with two large converging cylindrical arms. What is that structure?
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User DarkDust provided this explanation and video link:
As you can see in the video of the approach at about 08:00 this
structure is appearing. It's in the foreground, Dragon is moving
towards the forward port of the Harmony module which is outside the
viewport of this camera and would be somewhere on the lower right.
This picture shows the line of sight in the video.
(update: I now believe the camera view is from the new high-def camera mounted at CP8. This is directly on the other side of the truss ("above") from CP9 and shifts the field of view to slightly downwards. I revised the image to show both camera locations.)
It is the elbow joint of the JEM RMS (the Japanese Experiment Module robot arm). You can tell which robotic arm joint it is by the handrail and the roller-bearing-like latch striker on the elbow.
Here is the elbow joint of the JEMRMS and shuttle arm.
Here is the SSRMS elbow joint.
Cropped from NASA pictures 1 and 2
answered 8 hours ago
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
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Oh, nice find! I've removed my answer but I think the video of the approach is still worth mentioning since it's showing that the Dragon module is passing behind the structure (starting at about 08:00).
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– DarkDust
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Thanks, will edit it in, with credit.
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User DarkDust provided this explanation and video link:
As you can see in the video of the approach at about 08:00 this
structure is appearing. It's in the foreground, Dragon is moving
towards the forward port of the Harmony module which is outside the
viewport of this camera and would be somewhere on the lower right.
This picture shows the line of sight in the video.
(update: I now believe the camera view is from the new high-def camera mounted at CP8. This is directly on the other side of the truss ("above") from CP9 and shifts the field of view to slightly downwards. I revised the image to show both camera locations.)
It is the elbow joint of the JEM RMS (the Japanese Experiment Module robot arm). You can tell which robotic arm joint it is by the handrail and the roller-bearing-like latch striker on the elbow.
Here is the elbow joint of the JEMRMS and shuttle arm.
Here is the SSRMS elbow joint.
Cropped from NASA pictures 1 and 2
answered 8 hours ago
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
57.7k3157245
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Oh, nice find! I've removed my answer but I think the video of the approach is still worth mentioning since it's showing that the Dragon module is passing behind the structure (starting at about 08:00).
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– DarkDust
7 hours ago
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Thanks, will edit it in, with credit.
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– Organic Marble
7 hours ago
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User DarkDust provided this explanation and video link:
As you can see in the video of the approach at about 08:00 this
structure is appearing. It's in the foreground, Dragon is moving
towards the forward port of the Harmony module which is outside the
viewport of this camera and would be somewhere on the lower right.
This picture shows the line of sight in the video.
(update: I now believe the camera view is from the new high-def camera mounted at CP8. This is directly on the other side of the truss ("above") from CP9 and shifts the field of view to slightly downwards. I revised the image to show both camera locations.)
It is the elbow joint of the JEM RMS (the Japanese Experiment Module robot arm). You can tell which robotic arm joint it is by the handrail and the roller-bearing-like latch striker on the elbow.
Here is the elbow joint of the JEMRMS and shuttle arm.
Here is the SSRMS elbow joint.
Cropped from NASA pictures 1 and 2
answered 8 hours ago
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
57.7k3157245
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Oh, nice find! I've removed my answer but I think the video of the approach is still worth mentioning since it's showing that the Dragon module is passing behind the structure (starting at about 08:00).
$endgroup$
– DarkDust
7 hours ago
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Thanks, will edit it in, with credit.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
7 hours ago
add a comment |
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User DarkDust provided this explanation and video link:
As you can see in the video of the approach at about 08:00 this
structure is appearing. It's in the foreground, Dragon is moving
towards the forward port of the Harmony module which is outside the
viewport of this camera and would be somewhere on the lower right.
This picture shows the line of sight in the video.
(update: I now believe the camera view is from the new high-def camera mounted at CP8. This is directly on the other side of the truss ("above") from CP9 and shifts the field of view to slightly downwards. I revised the image to show both camera locations.)
It is the elbow joint of the JEM RMS (the Japanese Experiment Module robot arm). You can tell which robotic arm joint it is by the handrail and the roller-bearing-like latch striker on the elbow.
Here is the elbow joint of the JEMRMS and shuttle arm.
Here is the SSRMS elbow joint.
Cropped from NASA pictures 1 and 2
answered 8 hours ago
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
57.7k3157245
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User DarkDust provided this explanation and video link:
As you can see in the video of the approach at about 08:00 this
structure is appearing. It's in the foreground, Dragon is moving
towards the forward port of the Harmony module which is outside the
viewport of this camera and would be somewhere on the lower right.
This picture shows the line of sight in the video.
(update: I now believe the camera view is from the new high-def camera mounted at CP8. This is directly on the other side of the truss ("above") from CP9 and shifts the field of view to slightly downwards. I revised the image to show both camera locations.)
It is the elbow joint of the JEM RMS (the Japanese Experiment Module robot arm). You can tell which robotic arm joint it is by the handrail and the roller-bearing-like latch striker on the elbow.
Here is the elbow joint of the JEMRMS and shuttle arm.
Here is the SSRMS elbow joint.
Cropped from NASA pictures 1 and 2
answered 8 hours ago
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Oh, nice find! I've removed my answer but I think the video of the approach is still worth mentioning since it's showing that the Dragon module is passing behind the structure (starting at about 08:00).
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– DarkDust
7 hours ago
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Thanks, will edit it in, with credit.
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– Organic Marble
7 hours ago
add a comment |
1
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Oh, nice find! I've removed my answer but I think the video of the approach is still worth mentioning since it's showing that the Dragon module is passing behind the structure (starting at about 08:00).
$endgroup$
– DarkDust
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Thanks, will edit it in, with credit.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
7 hours ago
1
1
$begingroup$
Oh, nice find! I've removed my answer but I think the video of the approach is still worth mentioning since it's showing that the Dragon module is passing behind the structure (starting at about 08:00).
$endgroup$
– DarkDust
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Oh, nice find! I've removed my answer but I think the video of the approach is still worth mentioning since it's showing that the Dragon module is passing behind the structure (starting at about 08:00).
$endgroup$
– DarkDust
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Thanks, will edit it in, with credit.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Thanks, will edit it in, with credit.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
7 hours ago
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