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  title info:
    title: U. S. Spacesuits
  name:
    name part: Thomas, Kenneth S.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: McMann, Harold J.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXXV, 472 p. 284 illus., 124 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Spacesuits are far more than garments. They are a personalized spacecraft that allows direct contact and interaction with everything beyond our world, and a last refuge for survival in a disaster. Creating safe, reliable, and comfortable spacesuits is an ongoing challenge that has spanned over four decades. "U. S. Spacesuits, 2nd Edition" by Kenneth S. Thomas and Harold J. McMann details the technical evolution of U. S. spacesuits from their roots in high altitude aviation and vacuum tube development to present day, with an additional look into the future. This primary source of spacesuit information explains the functions, historical development, and use of spacesuits from a worldwide perspective. In this new edition, the authors update the story of U.S. spacesuit development and efforts, from the design challenges modern engineers face to the latest roles of spacesuits in space exploration. The book also provides a close up look at NASA's new Constellation Space Suit System as well as Apollo prototype configurations that have been discovered since 2005. Also not in the earlier edition is a prototype and model of the Gemini pressure suit and an explanation of its development. Finally, there are new insights into the suits used for the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station missions.
  table of contents: List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Editorial notes -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Reaching upward and outward -- Chapter 3: The basics of spacesuits -- Chapter 4: Launch/entry spacesuits: Past, present, and possibly future -- Chapter 5: Gemini: The first approaches to exploring and working in space -- Chapter 6: Apollo: Mankind starts the exploration of the Moon -- Chapter 7: Advanced development for canceled Apollo missions -- Chapter 8: U.S. Air Force spacesuits -- Chapter 9: Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project suit systems (1969-1975) -- Chapter 10: The Space Shuttle program: Orbital EVA comes of age -- Chapter 11: The quest for future extravehicular activity and planetary exploration -- Chapter 12: Epilogue -- Appendix A: U.S. spaceflight suit system overview -- Appendix B: U.S. EVA information -- Bibliography -- Index.
  note: by Kenneth S. Thomas, Harold J. McMann.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Space sciences
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Aerospace engineering
  subject:
    topic: Astronautics
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Popular Science in Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
  classification: QB495-500.269
  classification: 520
  classification: 500.5
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Springer Praxis Books
  identifier: 9781441995667
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9566-7
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