Novel aerospace mechanisms: A passive tether damping device for tethered satellite, and a pin/latch structural interface system

Presented here is a collection of development tasks that have been accomplished over the past year at the Marshall Space Flight Center's Structures and Dynamics Laboratory. Dissemination of task findings are reported for the following reasons: the task involves new or evolving technology (as in the case of a tethered satellite), and the tasks depict a technique that could have application to extravehicular activity (EVA) or robotic assembly of space structures (the pin/latch system).