Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
The development and performance history of the Apollo extravehicular mobility unit and its major subsystems is described. The three major subsystems, the pressure garment assembly, the portable life-support system, and the oxygen purge system, are defined and described in detail as is the evolutionary process that culminated in each major subsystem component. Descriptions of ground-support equipment and the qualification testing process for component hardware are also presented.
Keywords:
ASTRONAUTICS (GENERAL)
Type:
NASA-TN-D-8093
,
JSC-S-440
Format:
application/pdf
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