Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)/International Space Station (ISS) Coolant Loop Failure and Recovery

2006-01-2240

07/17/2006

Event
International Conference On Environmental Systems
Authors Abstract
Content
Following the Colombia accident, the Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU) onboard ISS were unused for several months. Upon startup, the units experienced a failure in the coolant system. This failure resulted in the loss of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) capability from the US segment of ISS. With limited on-orbit evidence, a team of chemists, engineers, metallurgists, and microbiologists were able to identify the cause of the failure and develop recovery hardware and procedures. As a result of this work, the ISS crew regained the capability to perform EVAs from the US segment of the ISS Figure 1.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2240
Pages
11
Citation
Lewis, J., Cole, H., Cronin, G., Gazda, D. et al., "Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)/International Space Station (ISS) Coolant Loop Failure and Recovery," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-2240, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2240.
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Published
Jul 17, 2006
Product Code
2006-01-2240
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English