In preparation for future exploration missions, NASA seeks the ability to simulate partial-gravity operations for use in ground-based research, crew training, and engineering design evaluations. The Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) is designed to simulate reduced gravity environments, such as lunar, Martian, or microgravity, using a robotic system similar to an overhead bridge crane. ARGOS continuously offloads a portion of a suited human’s weight during all dynamic motions within the test facility, which can include basic functional movements such as walking, running, and jumping, as well as a wide range of planetary surface activities. This system will be used as part of a metabolic-rate task characterization study to determine the workload associated with partial-gravity extravehicular activity (EVA). Pilot testing was conducted using the MKIII prototype planetary space suit and two gimbal designs to determine the ability of the ARGOS test environment to simulate planetary EVA operations. This paper will describe the lessons learned from the feasibility testing, simulation-environment mockup design, and the results from the pilot tests and their influence into the final study design. Being able to effectively simulate partial-gravity environments and characterize the performance of crewmembers will have an impact on multiple domains including suit design, task design, thermal models, and life-support-system capacity verification plans, among others.


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    Titel :

    Development and Evaluation of the Active Response Gravity Offload System as a Lunar and Martian EVA Simulation Environment


    Beteiligte:
    Omar S Bekdash (Autor:in) / Paul S Valle (Autor:in) / Kyoung Jae Kim (Autor:in) / Sarah L Jarvis (Autor:in) / Jocelyn T Dunn (Autor:in) / Jason R Norcross (Autor:in) / Andrew F J Abercromby (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    50th International Conference on Environmental Systems ; 2020 ; N/A, US



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-07-27


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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