Expandable Airlock Experiment (DO21) and the Skylab Mission

Abstract

The program was directed at evaluating the potential advantages of expandable structures to serve in certain space applications such as airlocks, crew quarters experiment chambers, emergency escape capsules, and crew transfer tunnels. The human factors characteristics and geometry were established after extensive underwater neutral buoyancy testing by the Air Force Aero Medical Laboratory. The airlock design dimensions were found adequate to accommodate the entry of a fully suited rescuer with back to rescue another crewman simulating an incapacitated conditions. Hatch size, latching, and opening features, mobility restraints and lighting requirements were also established.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0749131

Entities

People

  • Leo Jurich
  • Lou Manning

Organizations

  • Goodyear Aerospace

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Astronautics
  • Climate Change
  • Composite Materials
  • Fungi
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Space Stations
  • Spacecraft
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Transducers
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space