For the past several years, the Exploration Extra-Vehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center has focused on the development and detailed design of the xEMU to support missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and a moon landing in 2024. In that context, this paper examines the history, development, and baseline detailed design of the xEMU Waist Brief Hip (WBH). This paper will outline the challenging technical requirements and solutions needed to overcome these challenges, and a status of the detailed design. Initial results of Design Verification Testing (DVT) as it relates specifically to WBH will also be provided, along with a forward strategy for final maturation into a flight-ready design.


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    Title :

    NASA Advanced Space Suit xEMU Development Report – Waist Brief Hip Assembly


    Contributors:
    K. Davis (author) / J. Grimes (author) / C. Stephens (author)

    Publication date :

    2022


    Size :

    19 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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