REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE FormApproved OMBNo.0704-0188 Public reporting burden forthiscollection ofinformation isestimated toaverage 1hourperresponse, including thetimeforreviewing instructions, searching existing datasources, gathering andmaintaining thedataneeded, andcompleting andreviewing thecollection ofinformation. Send comments regarding thisburden estimate oranyotheraspect ofthis collection ofinformation, including suggestions forreducing thisburden, toWashington Headquarters Services, Directorate forInformation Operations andReports, 1215Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA22202-4302, andtotheOffice ofManagement andBudget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0704-0188), Washington, DC20503. 1.AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 2.REPORT DATE April2002 4.TITLE AND SUBTITLE Proceedings ofthe36thAerospace Mechanisms Symposium 6.AUTHOR(S) Edward A.Boesiger andFredB.Oswald, compilers 7.PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) National Aeronautics andSpace Administration JohnH.Glenn Research Center atLewis Field Cleveland, Ohio 44135 -3191 9.SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) National Aeronautics andSpace Administration Washington, DC20546-00013.REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED Conference Publication 5.FUNDING NUMBERS WU-706-85-00-00 8.PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER E-13273 10.SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER NASA CP--2002-211506 11.SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES Edward A.Boesiger, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, California 94088; andFredB.Oswald, NASA Glenn Research Center. Responsible person, FredB.Oswald, organization code5950, 216-433-3957. 12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Unclassified -Unlimited Subject Category: 15 Distribution: Nonstandard Available electronically athttp://gltrs.grc.nasa.gov/GLTRS Thispublication isavailable fromtheNASA Center forAeroSpace Information, 301-621-0390.12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE 13.ABSTRACT (Maximum 200words) TheAerospace Mechanisms Symposium (AMS) provides aunique forum forthose active inthedesign, production, and useofaerospace mechanisms. Amajor focus isthereporting ofproblems andsolutions associated withthedevelopment andflight certification ofnewmechanisms. Organized bytheMechanisms Education Association, theNational AeronauticsandSpace Administration andLockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) share theresponsibility for hosting theAMS. Nowinits36thyear,theAMS continues tobewellattended, attracting participants fromboththe United States andabroad. The36thAMS, hosted bytheGlenn Research Center (GRC) inCleveland, Ohio, washeldMay 15,16,and17,2002. During these 3days, 32papers werepresented. Topics included deployment mechanisms, tribology, actuators, pointing andoptical mechanisms, International Space Station mechanisms, release mechanisms, andtest equipment. Hardware displays during thesupplier exhibit gaveattendees anopportunity tomeetwithdevelopers of current andfuture mechanism components. 14.SUBJECT TERMS Spacecraft components; Solar array deployment; Bearings; Tribology; Covers; Latches; Dampers; Retraction mechanisms 17.SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OFREPORT Unclassified18.SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OFTHISPAGE Unclassified19.SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OFABSTRACT Unclassified15.NUMBER OFPAGES 382 16.PRICECODE 20.LIMITATION OFABSTRACT NSN7540-01-280-5500 Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89) Prescribed byANSI Std.Z39-18 298-102