U. S. spacesuits
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...
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| Auteurs principaux: | , |
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Édition: | 2nd ed. 2012. |
| Collection: | Space Exploration
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • U. S. Spacesuits, Texte imprimé, 9781441995650 • U. S. Spacesuits, Texte imprimé, 9781441995674 • U. S. Spacesuits, Texte imprimé, 9781441995650 |
Table des matières:
- 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