Location
Cocoa Beach, FL
Start Date
5-4-1965 8:00 AM
Description
The development program for the Space Suit System to be used in Project Apollo is approaching the end of its second year. With the first prototype units delivered and tested, reassessment of the basic input assumptions, conceptual approaches, and system objectives can now be undertaken. System performance test data justified many of the untiled concepts utilised in the first prototype equipment. Nevertheless, the evaluation revealed several problem areas which required more refined technical approaches and, in some cases, extension of current state of the art knowledge.
The pressure suit, the Portable Life Support System, and the accompanying accessory garments used for meteoroid and thermal protection together comprise what is known as the Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit (SMU).
Factors Affecting the Thermal Equilibrium of a Subject in the Apollo Extra-Vehicular Mobility Unit
Cocoa Beach, FL
The development program for the Space Suit System to be used in Project Apollo is approaching the end of its second year. With the first prototype units delivered and tested, reassessment of the basic input assumptions, conceptual approaches, and system objectives can now be undertaken. System performance test data justified many of the untiled concepts utilised in the first prototype equipment. Nevertheless, the evaluation revealed several problem areas which required more refined technical approaches and, in some cases, extension of current state of the art knowledge.
The pressure suit, the Portable Life Support System, and the accompanying accessory garments used for meteoroid and thermal protection together comprise what is known as the Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit (SMU).
