U. S. 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 : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

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...

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.