NASA Exploration and In-Space Services (NExIS)

On-Orbit Servicing Assembly and Manufacturing Mission

All the RRM missions I have been working since the Hubble missions have been intended to funnel technology into this flagship mission to service a satellite in space. Originally called Restore, then Restore-L, it now incorporates assembly and manufacturing in space and is called OSAM-1.

Mission concept (from here)

My role on this mission will be in the area of electrical systems to help guide the overall design of the electrical system. I started this work in 2019 after the successful conclusion of the RRM3 mission.

This is our OSAM-1 bus being built at Maxar.
Image from here.

Kamala Harris OSAM lab

Vice-Presiden Kamala Harris visiting our robotics lab.
Image from here.

In March 2024, we received the news that OSAM-1 has
been cancelled.

Links

NExIS official page on OSAM-1
Article in Knowable (March 2022)
Cancellation of OSAM (March 2024)

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