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Space Suit Concepts and Vehicle Interfaces for the Constellation Program
Technical Paper
2007-01-3088
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
In carrying out NASA's Vision for Space Exploration, a number of different environments will be encountered that will require the crew to wear a protective space suit. Specifically, four suited mission phases are identified as Launch, Entry & Abort profiles, Contingency 0g (orbital) Extravehicular Activity (EVA), Lunar Surface EVA and Martian Surface EVA. This study presents conceptual design solutions based on a previous architecture assessment that defined space suit operational requirements for four proposed space suit configuration options. In addition, a subset of vehicle interface requirements are defined for enabling umbilical and physical connections between the suits and the various Constellation spacecraft in which they will be used. A summary of the resultant suit and component concepts and vehicle interface definitions is presented. This work was conducted during the fall semester of 2006 as part of a graduate aerospace engineering design class at the University of Colorado.
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Authors
- D. M. Klaus, - University of Colorado at Boulder
- J. Metts - University of Colorado at Boulder
- R. Kobrick - University of Colorado at Boulder
- M. Mesloh - University of Colorado at Boulder
- T. Monk - University of Colorado at Boulder
- E. Gauthier - University of Colorado at Boulder
- K. Eberhart - University of Colorado at Boulder
- D. Baca - University of Colorado at Boulder
- C. Wright - University of Colorado at Boulder
- A. Gustafson - University of Colorado at Boulder
- L. Oryshchyn - University of Colorado at Boulder
- D. Massey - University of Colorado at Boulder
Citation
Klaus,, D., Metts, J., Kobrick, R., Mesloh, M. et al., "Space Suit Concepts and Vehicle Interfaces for the Constellation Program," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-3088, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-3088.Also In
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