Redesign of Apollo extra-vehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit included following changes -- redesign of joints, using new technique which increased mobility while decreasing amount of effort wearer must exert to move pressurized suit; minimization of leakage points by redesign of neck openings, gas connection points and other features; increased comfort and decreased volume; details of joint arrangement; helmet design, thermal and micrometeoroid protection, and PLSS (portable life support system).
Apollo suit substantially redesigned
Missiles Rockets
Missiles and Rockets ; 16 , n 17
1965
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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