The Constellation Program has initiated the first new flight suit development project since the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was developed for the Space Shuttle Program in the 1970s. The Constellation suit system represents a significant challenge to designers in that the system is required to address all space suit functions needed through all missions and mission phases. This is in marked contrast to the EMU, which was designed specifically for micro-gravity space walks. The Constellation suit system must serve in all of the following scenarios: launch, entry and abort crew survival; micro-gravity extravehicular activity (EVA); and lunar (1/6th-gravity) surface EVA. This paper discusses technical efforts performed from May 2006 through February 2007 for the Constellation space suit system pressure garment.


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    Title :

    Constellation Space Suit System Development Status


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference on Environmental systems ; 2007 ; Chicago, IL, United States


    Publication date :

    2007-01-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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