Eva Equipment Design-Human Engineering Considerations

The Space Station (SS) presents a plethora of human factors engineering opportunities. In particular, design for the space suited (extravehicular mobility unit) EVA crewperson is critical from several aspects, e.g., safety, ease of task conduct, timeline reductions, risk elimination, productivity enhancement, etc. This paper will address the human factors engineering effort undertaken to aid in the early-on design of the Space Station structure, with particular emphasis on structural assembly operations.