NASA and Boeing are preparing to launch a literal doll next month that is located next month as part of the commercial crew program. The mannequin is called Rosie; She belongs to Boeing, who used it earlier to collect data during her first orbital flight test (without ugly), the OFT-1. This time, Rosie will be sent to space to help collect data on the design of Starliner.
Rosie once again has a job to do, this time hooking a trip at the scheduled OFT-2 launch for the end of July. Assuming everything goes according to the plan, the mannequin will be tied in the commander’s seat of the CST-100 Starliner Spacecraft, where she will experience the same effects as future human astronauts.
During the release of OFT-1, the 15 Rosie sensors were connected with data capture ports on the Starliner spacecraft, according to NASA. This time, data capture ports will be used to collect data from a variety of sensors placed on the spacecraft seating platform.
This is the infrastructure that holds the seats instead, yes, the same seats in which the astronauts will sit down when they engage a trip on the Boeing spacecraft in the future. Meanwhile, Rosie, weighs 180 pounds and her role during the OFT-2 will help Starliner maintain its proper center of gravity, Boeing explained this week.
Maintaining the center of gravity during launch, coupling, decoupling and landing will be very important to prevent the spacecraft from working unexpectedly. Rosie is equipped with Boeing’s Blue Space Costume, the same astronauts will use, and is scheduled for takeoff on July 30.