Begin Thruster Fabrication
Begin Battery Box Fabrication
Begin Propusion Module Design
Ranger Cart Completed
Begin Electronics Module Fabrication
1993
Propulsion Module Frame Completed
Thruster System Integrated
Dexterous Manipulator Shoulder Roll Joint Integrated
Rotational Buoyancy Compensators Integrated to Test
Stand
Battery Boxes Integrated
Electronics Module Leak Tested
Electronics Module and Propulsion Module Mated
Propulsion Module Wiring Harness Integrated
Pressure System Integrated
All up Vehicle Leak Test
Internal Wiring Harness Integration
Interim Coarse Buoyancy Compensation System Integrated
Thruster Power System Integrated
Dexterous Manipulator Shoulder Pitch and Elbow Roll Joints
Integrated to Test Stand
Interim Thruster Control Unit Integrated
Initial Control of Thrusters from Interim Control
Station
First Powered
Flight
Main Processor Integrated
1994
Electronics Module / Manipulator Module Bulkhead
Integrated
Manipulator Power Relays Integrated
Dexterous Manipulator Elbow Pitch and Wrist Roll Joints
Integrated to Test Stand
Manipulator Power Harness Integrated
Control Station On-line
Fiber Optic Vehicle / Control Station Communication
Established
Fiber Optic Video System Integrated
Dexterous Manipulator Wrist Pitch and Tool Roll Joints
Integrated to Test Stand
Initial Control of Right
Dexterous Manipulator on Test Stand
Right Dexterous Manipulator Integrated with
Vehicle
First Operation of Right
Dexterous Manipulator from Vehicle
Left Dexterous Manipulator Mechanisms Integrated to
Vehicle
Interim End Effectors Integrated
First Neutral Buoyancy
Manipulator Test
First ORU Removal and Insertion
Inertial Measurement Unit Integrated
Buoyancy Control Unit Integrated
Left Dexterous Manipulator Electronics Integrated
First Simultaneous Free
Flight / Manipulator Operation
First Free Flight to Grapple
First Simultaneous Operation of both Dexterous
Manipulators
1995
Power Management Unit Integrated
Power Conditing Unit Integrated
External Sensor Unit Integrated
Vehicle Attitude Estimator Operational
First Closed Loop Attitude
Hold
1996
Space Shuttle RMS Interface Integrated
Vertical Buoyancy Compensator Integrated
Coarse Buoyancy Compensator Integrated
First Operation Outside of
SSL (MSFC NBS)
First Operations from Shuttle RMS
First ORU Changeout from RMS
First ORU Handoff from Ranger NBV on RMS to EVA Subject
First EASE Beam Assembly from RMS
First ORU Handoff from EVA Subject on RMS and Ranger NBV in
Free Flight
1997
First Closed Loop
Attitude Tracking
Onboard Spacecraft Simulation Completed
First Closed Loop Tracking
of Spacecraft Attitude Simulation
Adaptive Attitude Controller Integrated
First Adaptive Tracking of
Full Tumble