ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDY OF A SPACE SUIT WITH AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM.

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 suit/life-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 Kcal/hour for an indefinite time to a recharge in space capability. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680826

Entities

People

  • Douglas C. Howard

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Control Systems
  • Diameters
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Extravehicular Activity
  • Fabrication
  • Life Support Systems
  • Packaging
  • Space Environments
  • Space Suits
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Materials Science

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites