# How to Build a Spacecraft Hatch

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** Axiom Space
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIwPy_KtzsE
- **Дата:** 06.03.2026
- **Длительность:** 3:17
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## Описание

Ever wondered how a spacecraft hatch is made? Learn more about the design and development process for #AxiomStation's hatch from Hatch Design Lead Engineer Jonathan Morales.
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## Содержание

### [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIwPy_KtzsE) Segment 1 (00:00 - 03:00)

I'm basically in charge of designing the door for the station. And so with that, it's basically a plate that has a mechanism on it. And the mechanism is there for opening and closing the hatch. And then the plate is there to hold the pressure boundary against space and the pressurized section of our habitat. And what you could see directly in the center of the docking adapter, that is the APAS hatch. That will be the first hatch that will open followed by the Dragon hatch. I'm Jonathan Morales. I am the design engineer that's in charge of the lead of the design of the hatch. And I'm with the structures and mechanisms team at Axiom Space. One of the key elements to start designing a hatch is to kind of look at what has been designed in the past. We are very in a very fortunate time where we can look at designs such as for the Apollo hatch. ISS hatches already on station. And we can kind of also look at these mechanisms and what are some behaviors that were designed for them. We have a lot of background and heritage information to look at. And then nowadays, there's also some more modern manufacturing things that we can take advantage of. So like for example, this latch we're using now some PTFE impregnated anodize for that in order to, you know, have a frictionless surface. So we're taking advantage of heritage designs and some more modern manufacturing techniques. When you're designing something and it takes a lot of force to actuate, when you're down on the ground, you're like, "Oh, this will only get actuated maybe three times, maybe four times, right? " Based on the hatch. You also want it to last forever. And then also you want it to basically be easy to use. That's one of the things that's important. You have a force actuation that you input, right? So this you can see as a force that induces rotation. And so from that, you have it in the center. So basically, if you take the center of the hatch, you see this center ring. You moving this moves that center ring. That center ring, you're still doing rotation to rotation. But then you need to transfer that rotational motion to an more of an axial motion. So imagine this roller, this is what closes the hatch. So basically, you come in, and then you start closing that hatch. So you need to transfer the rotational motion to the motion here, the axial motion, we'll call it. You can imagine the door knob to be this crank right here. So you move this and that's your door knob. And as for the guards to the bolt that goes on to the other side, you can see it being this latch. You know, I'm here I'm ignoring all the parts that connect this to this, but in the highest level terms, you're basically using this as your door knob and you're bolt. And there is eight of these around the circumference of the hatch.

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*Источник: https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/51107*