Accession Number:
AD0680826
Title:
ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDY OF A SPACE SUIT WITH AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 1 Jul 67-30 Jun 68,
Corporate Author:
HAMILTON STANDARD WINDSOR LOCKS CONN
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Report Date:
1968-10-01
Pagination or Media Count:
167.0
Abstract:
Continued success in coping with the space environment has led to increased crewman confidence in his ability to perform useful work during extraterrestrial missions. Future missions will require advanced suitlife-support-system concepts. Such a concept might logically take the form of a space suit for extravehicular activity with an integrated environmental control system. A design study of this concept has been performed and drawings prepared in sufficient detail to permit fabrication of a working model in a suitably equipped model shop. Integration of the environmental control system within the hard torso of the suit assembly resulted in a system having a packaging density approaching 80 percent and able to pass through a 27 inch diameter hatch. The system will support a crewman working at 375 Kcalhour for an indefinite time to a recharge in space capability. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Astronautics
- Protective Equipment
- Life Support Systems