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10-Apr-2007 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) 101 Nicole Jordan EVA Systems Project Vehicle Interface Deputy Manager https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20070018054 2020-06-08T00:38:58+00:00Z

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Extr

aveh

icul

ar A

ctiv

ity (E

VA) 1

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Nic

ole

Jord

anE

VA

Sys

tem

s P

roje

ct

Veh

icle

Inte

rface

Dep

uty

Man

ager

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20070018054 2020-06-08T00:38:58+00:00Z

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Ext

rave

hicu

lar A

ctiv

ity 1

012

Age

nda

•In

trod

uctio

n to

spa

ce s

uits

and

cre

w s

urvi

val

•B

rief h

isto

ry o

f spa

ce s

uits

and

EVA

•O

verv

iew

of t

he C

onst

ella

tion

EVA

Sys

tem

•O

ppor

tuni

ties

for s

tude

nts

and

facu

lty to

wor

k w

ith N

ASA

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Ext

rave

hicu

lar A

ctiv

ity 1

013

Why

do

we

need

spa

ce s

uits

?

•Su

stai

n th

e lif

e of

the

crew

mem

ber

–P

rote

ctio

n fro

m th

e en

viro

nmen

t–

Life

sup

port

(met

abol

ic &

coo

ling)

–H

ydra

tion,

nut

ritio

n, &

med

icat

ion

–W

aste

man

agem

ent

•M

obili

ty /

Dex

terit

y–

Tran

sitio

n to

/from

the

wor

ksite

–S

tabi

lize

at th

e w

orks

ite–

Per

form

nec

essa

ry ta

sks

(w/g

love

d ha

nd o

r too

ls)

•Vi

sibi

lity

/ Com

mun

icat

ion

–A

bilit

y to

get

‘eye

s on

’–

Com

mun

icat

ion

of v

oice

and

dat

a

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Ext

rave

hicu

lar A

ctiv

ity 1

014

•Pr

essu

re G

arm

ent B

ladd

er•

Pres

sure

Gar

men

t Cov

er-R

estr

aint

•Th

erm

al M

icro

met

eoro

id G

arm

ent (

TMG

) Lin

er

•TM

G T

herm

al In

sula

tion

•TM

G C

over

Out

erm

ost

Inne

rmos

tProt

ectio

n Fr

om th

e En

viro

nmen

t

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rave

hicu

lar A

ctiv

ity 1

015

Prim

ary

Life

Sup

port

Sys

tem

(PLS

S)

•P

rovi

des

prim

ary

and

emer

genc

y ox

ygen

•S

uit p

ress

uriz

atio

n•

Car

bon

Dio

xide

rem

oval

•C

oolin

g W

ater

•P

ower

(bat

tery

)

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rave

hicu

lar A

ctiv

ity 1

016

•Li

quid

Coo

ling

and

Vent

ilatio

n G

arm

ent (

LCVG

)•

Con

form

al g

arm

ent t

o m

aint

ain

body

tem

pera

ture

•Et

hyle

ne v

inyl

ace

tate

tubi

ng

wov

en th

roug

h sp

ande

x re

stra

int

clot

h

Ther

mal

Con

trol

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rave

hicu

lar A

ctiv

ity 1

017

Com

mun

icat

ions

•C

omm

unic

atio

ns C

arrie

r A

ssem

bly

(CC

A) a

ka“S

noop

y C

ap”

•C

onta

ins

redu

ndan

t m

icro

phon

es a

nd h

eadp

hone

s fo

r com

mun

icat

ion

and

caut

ion

and

war

ning

tone

s

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rave

hicu

lar A

ctiv

ity 1

018

Hel

met

and

Ext

rave

hicu

lar V

isor

Ass

y

•Pr

essu

re v

esse

l for

the

head

•Vi

sor p

rovi

des

visu

al, t

herm

al,

impa

ct, a

nd m

icro

met

eoro

id

prot

ectio

n in

spa

ce

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rave

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lar A

ctiv

ity 1

019

Har

d U

pper

Tor

so (H

UT)

and

Arm

Ass

y

•St

ruct

ural

mou

ntin

g in

terf

ace

•C

onta

ins

shou

lder

join

ts, u

pper

arm

bea

rings

, elb

ow jo

ints

, and

wris

t be

arin

gs p

erm

ittin

g jo

int m

obili

ty

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Extra

vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

10

Dis

play

and

Con

trol

s M

odul

e (D

CM

)

•El

ectr

ical

and

mec

hani

cal c

ontr

ols

for E

VA

crew

mem

ber t

o op

erat

e EM

U

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

11

Glo

ves

•A

ctiv

e in

terf

ace

betw

een

crew

mem

ber

and

wor

k be

ing

perf

orm

ed

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

12

Low

er T

orso

Ass

embl

y (L

TA)

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Extra

vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

13

Wha

t Siz

e D

o Y

ou N

eed?

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

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Boo

t and

Siz

ing

Inse

rt

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

15

Boo

t Hee

l Clip

and

Foo

t Res

trai

nt

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

16

Cre

w E

scap

e Su

it

•U

sed

durin

g la

unch

and

land

ing

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

17

Adv

ance

d C

rew

Esc

ape

Suit

•C

rew

Esc

ape

Func

tions

–C

old

Wat

er P

rote

ctio

n–

Occ

upan

t Pro

tect

ion

–B

ailo

ut–

Fire

and

Che

mic

al P

rote

ctio

n–

Pre

ssur

e P

rote

ctio

n

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

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Nom

inal

& O

ff-N

omin

al L

andi

ng

•N

omin

al la

ndin

g sc

enar

io is

on

land

with

full

assi

stan

ce b

y gr

ound

op

s re

cove

ry fo

rces

Cre

w w

ould

like

ly s

tay

suite

d th

roug

h tra

nspo

rt (c

oolin

g se

rvic

es

prov

ided

)•

Off-

nom

inal

sce

nario

s:–

Land

-land

ing

not a

t the

des

igna

ted

site

–W

ater

-land

ing

–In

eith

er c

ase,

the

crew

has

the

optio

n of

sta

ying

with

or l

eavi

ng th

e ve

hicl

e (a

ppro

pria

te s

urvi

val g

ear w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed b

y E

VA

& F

CE

)

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

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Age

nda

•In

trod

uctio

n to

spa

ce s

uits

and

cre

w s

urvi

val

•B

rief h

isto

ry o

f spa

ce s

uits

and

EVA

•O

verv

iew

of t

he C

onst

ella

tion

EVA

Sys

tem

•O

ppor

tuni

ties

for s

tude

nts

and

facu

lty to

wor

k w

ith N

ASA

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

20

•U

mbi

lical

s pr

ovid

ed O

2 fo

r br

eath

ing,

sui

t pre

ssur

izat

ion,

&

vent

illat

ion

(coo

ling

and

CO

2 re

mov

al)

•A

lso

prov

ided

pow

er, c

omm

, &

biom

edic

al s

enso

r wiri

ng, a

nd a

re

stra

int t

ethe

r.•

~25

feet

in le

ngth

.•

Prob

lem

: O

2 pu

rge

flow

coo

ling

was

inad

equa

te fo

r kee

ping

the

astr

onau

t coo

l dur

ing

EVA

act

ivity

. A

lso,

har

d to

man

age

the

umbi

lical

le

ngth

dur

ing

EVA

and

re-s

tow

age.

Ast

rona

ut E

d W

hite

mak

es th

e fir

st U

S E

VA

du

ring

Gem

ini I

V o

n Ju

ne 3

, 196

5 on

um

bilic

al

flow

(36

min

ute

EV

A d

urat

ion)

.

Life

Sup

port

U

mbi

lical

Gem

ini P

rogr

am (m

id-1

960s

)

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

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Life

Sup

port

: U

mbi

lical

co

nnec

tion

to s

pace

craf

t EC

LSS

fo

r bre

athi

ng g

as s

uppl

y, C

O2

scru

bbin

g, th

erm

al c

ontro

l, an

d bi

-dire

ctio

nal d

ata/

voic

e

Stab

iliza

tion:

Han

drai

ls g

ive

EV

A c

rew

mem

ber t

he m

eans

to

stab

ilize

him

self

at th

e w

orks

ite

Tran

slat

ion

Path

: H

andr

ails

le

adin

g fro

m th

e ha

tch

allo

w

EV

A c

rew

mem

ber s

afel

y re

ach

wor

ksite

s

Prot

ectio

n: S

pace

suit

TMG

and

hel

met

vis

or

prov

ide

prot

ectio

n fro

m th

e sp

ace

envi

ronm

ent

Apo

llo E

VA o

n Se

rvic

e M

odul

e

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

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Age

nda

•In

trod

uctio

n to

spa

ce s

uits

and

cre

w s

urvi

val

•B

rief h

isto

ry o

f spa

ce s

uits

and

EVA

•O

verv

iew

of t

he C

onst

ella

tion

EVA

Sys

tem

•O

ppor

tuni

ties

for s

tude

nts

and

facu

lty to

wor

k w

ith N

ASA

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

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A B

old

Visi

on fo

r Spa

ce E

xplo

ratio

n,

Aut

horiz

ed b

y C

ongr

ess

•C

ompl

ete

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Spa

ce S

tatio

n•

Safe

ly fl

y th

e Sp

ace

Shut

tle u

ntil

2010

•D

evel

op a

nd fl

y th

e C

rew

Exp

lora

tion

Vehi

cle

no la

ter t

han

2014

•R

etur

n to

the

Moo

n no

late

r tha

n 20

20•

Exte

nd h

uman

pre

senc

e ac

ross

the

sola

r sys

tem

and

bey

ond

•Im

plem

ent a

sus

tain

ed a

nd a

fford

able

hum

an a

nd ro

botic

pr

ogra

m•

Dev

elop

sup

port

ing

inno

vativ

e te

chno

logi

es, k

now

ledg

e, a

nd

infr

astr

uctu

res

•Pr

omot

e in

tern

atio

nal a

nd c

omm

erci

al p

artic

ipat

ion

in

expl

orat

ion

NA

SA A

utho

rizat

ion

Act

of 2

005

The

Adm

inis

trato

r sha

ll es

tabl

ish

a pr

ogra

m to

de

velo

p a

sust

aine

d hu

man

pre

senc

e on

the

Moo

n,

incl

udin

g a

robu

st p

recu

rsor

pro

gram

to p

rom

ote

expl

orat

ion,

sci

ence

, com

mer

ce, a

nd U

.S.

pree

min

ence

in s

pace

, and

as

a st

eppi

ng s

tone

to

futu

re e

xplo

ratio

n of

Mar

s an

d ot

her d

estin

atio

ns.

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vehi

cula

r Act

ivity

101

24

EVA

Sys

tem

Mis

sion

s

•La

unch

/ En

try

/ Abo

rt–

Nom

inal

laun

ch o

pera

tions

(sui

t-up,

tran

sfer

to p

ad, v

ehic

le in

gres

s,

laun

ch th

roug

h po

st-in

serti

on, r

ndz/

dock

)–

Laun

ch a

borts

(on

the

pad,

in-fl

ight

)–

Orb

it op

erat

ions

(cre

w s

uits

up

as p

reca

utio

n fo

r dyn

amic

pha

ses

of

fligh

t)–

Sur

viva

l in

an u

npre

ssur

ized

cab

in (u

p to

~12

0 ho

urs)

–P

ost-l

andi

ng o

pera

tions

(nom

inal

, off-

nom

inal

, wat

er/la

nd)

•M

icro

grav

ity E

VA–

Con

tinge

ncy

& U

nsch

edul

ed E

VA

in L

EO

, LLO

or i

n-be

twee

n •

Surf

ace

EVA

–O

utpo

st B

uild

-up

–E

xplo

ratio

n–

Sci

ence

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vehi

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ivity

101

25

Con

figur

atio

n 1

LEA

/0-g

Umbi

licals

& S

OP:

-Univ

ersa

l Umb

ilical

conn

ector

s on

Umbil

icals

& ve

hicles

-L

ong,

Clos

ed-lo

op U

mbilic

al (2

for E

VA)

-Sho

rt, C

losed

-loop

Umb

ilical

(per

crew

memb

er)

-Sec

onda

ry Ox

ygen

Sup

ply (S

OP/E

merg

ency

O2)

-Umb

ilicals

prov

ide br

eatha

ble ga

s, co

oling

wate

r, po

wer &

comm

-Umb

ilical

prov

ide te

ther f

uncti

on

Enha

nced

Helm

et h

ardw

are:

TMG

(Con

t. EVA

) -He

lmet

feed-

port

(120

hr su

rviva

l)-An

alogu

e Com

m ca

p-Op

en F

lip vi

sor -

Neck

wed

ge fo

r can

t if ne

eded

-Ins

erts

for he

ad-im

pact

prote

ction

-

Pres

sure

Sui

t Ass

embl

y (PS

A):

-2 U

mbilic

al co

nnec

tions

(“ma

ke be

fore b

reak

”&

“Bud

dy B

reath

ing”)

prov

ide, b

reath

able

gas,

co

oling

wate

r, po

wer &

comm

-On-

suit p

ress

ure r

egula

tion

-TMG

/MLI

simila

r to E

MU-W

aist-e

ntry S

UT (p

atter

ned c

onvo

lute,

BSC

w/mu

ltiple

sizes

)-P

hase

VI g

loves

(upd

ated c

ert.)

-Com

mon L

TA (in

tegra

ted w

aist/H

ip/Le

g -be

aring

hip

w/co

nvolu

te joi

nt)-W

alking

boot

(w/ d

iscon

nect)

-Extr

actio

n har

ness

w/at

tache

d Per

sona

l Floa

tation

De

vise (

PFD)

-Sep

arate

terre

strial

expo

sure

suit

-Wais

t con

tainm

ent w

/Max

imum

Abs

orbe

ncy

Garm

ent (

MAG)

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Con

figur

atio

n 2

Luna

r Sor

tie

Enha

nced

Helm

et h

ardw

are:

TMG

& lig

hting

-He

ads-

Up-D

isplay

-SU

T-int

egra

ted A

udio

-

Enha

nced

Pre

ssur

e Sui

t Ass

embl

y (PS

A)/S

oftg

oods

:TM

G/ML

I for r

eleva

nt en

viron

ment

-Re

ar E

ntry L

unar

SUT

w/W

aist &

Scy

e Bea

rings

-W

ear/a

bras

ion re

sistan

t soft

good

s -

Enha

nced

LCG

& B

io-M

ed S

enso

rs

Porta

ble L

ife S

uppo

rt Sy

stem

(PLS

S):

High

Pre

ssur

e GOX

-SW

ME/R

CA-

Potab

le W

ater in

PLS

S Ta

nk-Po

wer/C

AI:

Lithiu

m Ion

Batt

eries

-C3

I Pro

cess

ing in

PLS

S-

Expa

nded

set o

f suit

sens

ors-

Adva

nced

Cau

tion &

War

ning-

On-s

uit P

rodu

ctivit

y Enh

ance

ments

-

Umbi

licals

& S

OP:

Same

hard

ware

from

LEA

Confi

g.Up

grad

e umb

ilical

for R

echa

rge -

* Har

dwar

e det

ailed

text

repr

esen

ts ch

ange

s or

addi

tions

of h

ardw

are (

colo

red

dark

er b

lue o

r pu

rple)

to th

e LEA

conf

igur

atio

n.

* Har

dwar

e det

ailed

text

repr

esen

ts ch

ange

s or

addi

tions

of h

ardw

are (

colo

red

dark

er b

lue o

r pu

rple)

to th

e LEA

conf

igur

atio

n.

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Age

nda

•In

trod

uctio

n to

spa

ce s

uits

and

cre

w s

urvi

val

•B

rief h

isto

ry o

f spa

ce s

uits

and

EVA

•O

verv

iew

of t

he C

onst

ella

tion

EVA

Sys

tem

•O

ppor

tuni

ties

for s

tude

nts

and

facu

lty to

wor

k w

ith N

ASA

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28P

arab

ola

Par

abol

a

KC

-135

KC

KC

-- 135

135R

educ

ed G

ravi

ty P

rogr

am

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Oth

er O

ppor

tuni

ties

•C

o-op

Pro

gram

(coo

p.js

c.na

sa.g

ov)

–U

nder

grad

uate

•U

S C

itize

n•

Com

plet

ed 3

0 se

mes

ter h

ours

•M

in G

PA

of 3

.0•

Com

plet

e 3

tour

s, a

t lea

st 1

dur

ing

a se

mes

ter

–G

radu

ate

•ST

TR•

Sum

mer

Inte

rnsh

ips

•G

radu

ate

Fello

wsh

ip P

rogr

am

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Bac

k-up

Slid

es

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Free

Flo

atFr

ee F

loat

Free

Flo

atFo

otR

estr

aint

Foot

Foot

Res

trai

ntR

estr

aint

Extr

aveh

icul

ar A

ctiv

ity (E

VA)

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Neu

tral

Buo

yanc

y La

bora

tory

(NB

L)

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Adv

ance

d Sp

ace

Suit

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Life

Sup

port

Um

bilic

als

Wha

t the

y do

:•

Prov

ide

conn

ectio

ns to

the

vehi

cle

(spa

ce s

huttl

e, C

EV, e

tc.)

life

supp

ort s

yste

m to

pro

vide

bas

ic li

fe

supp

ort f

unct

ions

(bre

athi

ng g

as, s

uit p

ress

ure,

coo

ling,

CO

2 re

mov

al, c

omm

unic

atio

ns, b

iom

edic

al

sens

or li

nes)

whi

le in

a p

ress

ure

suit

(eith

er E

VA o

r IVA

). T

his

is im

port

ant d

urin

g em

erge

ncie

s (c

abin

de

pres

suriz

atio

n fo

r exa

mpl

e) a

nd fo

r sim

ple

EVA

task

s th

at ta

kepl

ace

clos

e to

the

vehi

cle

(elim

inat

ing

the

need

for a

com

plex

por

tabl

e lif

e su

ppor

t sys

tem

).•

Dur

ing

EVA

, pro

vide

s a

stro

ng te

ther

con

nect

ion

to th

e ve

hicl

e to

pre

vent

the

astr

onau

t fro

m fl

oatin

g aw

ay fr

om th

e ve

hicl

e an

d to

pre

vent

str

aini

ng o

f the

life

sup

port

line

s. T

he te

ther

is u

sual

ly s

hort

er th

an

the

life

supp

ort l

ines

so

it ab

sorb

s te

nsio

n fo

rces

in th

e um

bilic

al b

efor

e th

e lif

e su

ppor

t lin

es a

re

stre

ssed

.•

In s

ome

case

s, th

e um

bilic

al is

als

o us

ed to

rech

arge

life

sup

port

con

sum

able

s su

ch a

s co

olin

g w

ater

in a

Po

rtab

le L

ife S

uppo

rt S

yste

m (P

LSS)

. Th

e PL

SS a

llow

s th

e as

tron

aut t

o m

ove

free

ly w

ithou

t bei

ng

encu

mbe

red

by a

n um

bilic

al d

urin

g EV

A a

nd to

roam

far f

rom

the

vehi

cle

(for e

xam

ple,

wal

king

on

the

moo

n) w

here

an

umbi

lical

wou

ld b

e im

prac

tical

.

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Life

Sup

port

Um

bilic

als

Apol

lo P

rogr

am (1

965-

1972

)•

Um

bilic

als

wer

e us

ed fo

r life

sup

port

in

side

the

vehi

cles

dur

ing

emer

genc

ies

and

durin

g tr

ansi

tion

to/fr

om E

VA.

Als

o us

ed fo

r rec

harg

ing

the

EVA

PLS

S (p

orta

ble

life

supp

ort

syst

em) w

ater

and

O2

tank

s.•

Prov

ided

coo

ling

wat

er to

the

LCVG

ga

rmen

t, O

2 fo

r sui

t pre

ssur

izat

ion

and

CO

2 tr

ansp

ort f

rom

the

suit,

po

wer

, com

m, a

nd b

iom

ed.

•U

sed

sepa

rate

line

s an

d ho

ses

whi

ch

had

to b

e in

divi

dual

ly m

ated

/de-

mat

ed

to th

e su

it.

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Life

Sup

port

Um

bilic

als

Skyl

ab (1

970-

1975

)

•60

-foot

leng

th p

rovi

ded

O2

for b

reat

hing

&

suit

pres

suriz

atio

n, c

oolin

g w

ater

sup

ply

&

retu

rn, p

ower

, com

m, a

nd b

iom

edda

ta

lines

dur

ing

EVA

out

side

of S

kyla

b.•

Con

tain

ed a

rest

rain

t tet

her (

~58

foot

le

ngth

).•

Com

posi

te c

onne

ctor

at s

uit s

ide

allo

wed

fo

r sin

gle

conn

ectio

n fo

r O2,

wat

er, a

nd

pow

er b

y as

tron

aut i

nste

ad o

f sep

arat

e ho

ses

and

lines

as

was

the

case

with

the

Apo

llo u

mbi

lical

.•

Stow

age

and

hand

ling

wer

e be

tter t

han

the

Gem

ini u

mbi

lical

s.

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Life

Sup

port

Um

bilic

als

Spa

ce S

huttl

e/IS

S•

Use

d to

rech

arge

the

EMU

O2

& fe

ed w

ater

tank

s.

Can

als

o re

char

ge th

e EM

U b

atte

ry.

O2

can

be

rech

arge

d w

hile

sui

ted

and

pres

suriz

ed.

•Su

pplie

s co

olin

g w

ater

flow

from

the

vehi

cle

whi

le

suite

d in

the

airlo

ck, a

nd s

uppl

ies

pow

er to

the

suit

whi

le in

the

airlo

ck to

sav

e ba

ttery

pow

er b

efor

e go

ing

outs

ide

to p

erfo

rm E

VA.

•Su

pplie

s ha

rd-li

ne c

omm

to th

e sp

ace

shut

tle o

r ISS

w

hen

in th

e ai

rlock

.•

Con

tain

s a

rest

rain

t tet

her.

•A

llow

s si

mpl

e si

mul

tane

ous

conn

ectio

n of

all

lines

to

the

suit-

side

con

nect

or w

ith o

ne a

ctio

n. O

n IS

S,

the

vehi

cle

side

con

nect

ion

is a

lso

a si

ngle

blo

ck fo

r si

mul

tane

ous

conn

ectio

n of

all

fluid

, com

m, &

po

wer

line

s.

Um

bilic

al h

oses

and

out

er w

rap

Con

nect

or o

n su

it-en

d of

um

bilic

al

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Life

Sup

port

Um

bilic

als

Spa

ce S

huttl

e/IS

S-c

ont.

Um

bilic

al c

onne

ctio

n po

int

on c

hest

are

a of

EM

U

Teth

er h

ook

Ast

rona

ut c

onne

cted

to IS

S li

fe s

uppo

rt um

bilic

al in

the

Spa

ce S

tatio

n A

irloc

k Te

st A

rticl

e (S

SA

TA) a

t JS

C

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Life

Sup

port

Um

bilic

als

Futu

re U

mbi

lical

s•

The

repl

acem

ent f

or th

e sp

ace

shut

tle w

ill re

quire

um

bilic

als

toco

nnec

t the

ast

rona

ut s

uits

to li

fe s

uppo

rt

both

insi

de (I

VA) &

out

side

(EVA

) the

veh

icle

sin

ce th

e ve

hicl

e w

ill n

ot h

ave

an a

irloc

k.

The

sam

e ba

sic

capa

bilit

ies

will

be

requ

ired:

gas

for b

reat

hing

& s

uit p

ress

uriz

atio

n, c

oolin

g w

ater

, pow

er, c

omm

, and

bi

omed

ical

mon

itorin

g.•

EVA

task

s fr

om th

e sp

ace

shut

tle re

plac

emen

t veh

icle

are

ass

umed

to b

e si

mpl

er th

an th

ose

on IS

S an

d Sh

uttle

, so

EVA

on

umbi

lical

allo

ws

for l

ess

com

plic

atio

n (n

o co

mpl

ex P

LSS

is re

quire

d) a

nd le

ss m

ass

and

volu

me

to b

e ca

rrie

d on

the

vehi

cle

–al

l life

sup

port

is p

rovi

ded

by th

e ve

hicl

e.

•U

mbi

lical

s w

ill a

lso

be re

quire

d in

the

luna

r lan

der,

the

luna

r rov

er, a

nd th

e eq

uiva

lent

sys

tem

s to

be

used

on

Mar

s. T

hese

allo

w fo

r rec

harg

e of

con

sum

able

s su

ch a

s O

2 an

dco

olin

g w

ater

in th

e PL

SSs,

and

allo

w

for u

se o

f veh

icle

con

sum

able

s an

d co

olin

g du

ring

pre-

EVA

airl

ock

task

s su

ch a

s pr

e-br

eath

ing.

•Th

ese

umbi

lical

s m

ust b

e lig

ht-w

eigh

t, lo

w v

olum

e, e

asy

to u

se a

nd s

tow

, and

abl

e to

sur

vive

and

fu

nctio

n in

tem

pera

ture

ext

rem

es a

nd th

e du

sty

envi

ronm

ents

of t

he m

oon

and

mar

s.