With over 50 years of experience with NASA spacesuit development and operations, as well as for early U.S. Air Force pressure suits, Jim McBarron shared his significant knowledge about modifications to the Apollo spacesuit for use in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). This included requirements and design changes implemented to establish the ASTP spacesuit design baseline. Additionally, he identified Apollo spacesuit contact details including quantity of spacesuits delivered to support the Apollo and Skylab Programs, and the ASTP. He concluded by identifying a summary of noteworthy lessons learned with recommendations for future spacesuit development.


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    Title :

    Apollo Spacesuit Modifications for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Spacesuit


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    JSC Engineering Academy ; 2015 ; Houston, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-06-24


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English