Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Following the Colombia accident, the Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU) onboard ISS were unused for several months. Upon startup, the units experienced a failure in the coolant system. This failure resulted in the loss of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) capability from the US segment of ISS. With limited on-orbit evidence, a team of chemists, engineers, metallurgists, and microbiologists were able to identify the cause of the failure and develop recovery hardware and procedures. As a result of this work, the ISS crew regained the capability to perform EVAs from the US segment of the ISS.
Keywords:
Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance
Type:
SAE-2006-01-2240
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ICES; Jul 16, 2006 - Jul 19, 2006; Norfolk, VA; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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