US Spacesuits

• Main Authors: Thomas, Kenneth S. (Author), McMann, Harold J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2006.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

Ken Thomas and Joe McMann have produced a magni?cent treatise on spacesuits, spacewalking, life support systems and escape systems. US Spacesuits is historical, massively comprehensive, precise, informative, relevant and readable. As an astronaut I spent 30 years in their world and in their suits. M...

Table of Contents:

• Reaching upward and outward
• The basics of spacesuits
• Crew escape, rescue and survival spacesuits
• Gemini: The first approaches to exploring and working in space
• Apollo: Mankind starts the exploration of the Moon
• Advanced development for cancelled Apollo missions
• US Air Force spacesuits
• Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project suit systems (1969–75)
• The Space Shuttle program: Orbital EVA comes of age
• The next generation of spacesuits
• Epilogue.