News tagged with spacesuit
Countering contamination for Mars spacesuits
To search for life on Mars, future astronauts would naturally want to step outside their living habitat for a walk. But the spacesuits keeping them alive might also carry Earth microbes or ingredients of life ...
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Jun 16, 2011 |
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Spacewalking astronaut gets stinging soap in eye
(AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut got soap in his eye and almost had to retreat into the safety of the International Space Station on Wednesday.
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May 25, 2011 |
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Astronauts take 3rd spacewalk for laying cable
(AP) -- A pair of astronauts ventured out on the third spacewalk of their mission Wednesday to boost power on the Russian side of the International Space Station.
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May 25, 2011 |
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Testing spacesuits in Antarctica, part 1
In this field diary, Margarita Marinova takes us on a journey to Antarctica in order to test spacesuits Testing the suits in harsh environments on Earth can help future explorers, who will need protection ...
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May 23, 2011 |
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Glitch makes NASA cut short Endeavour spacewalk
NASA managers cut short a task on Friday's otherwise routine spacewalk by two Endeavour astronauts because one of their carbon dioxide sensors stopped working, but most of their work was already finished.
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May 20, 2011 |
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Exploring Rio Tinto Eurobotically
No wonder it is called Red River: it looks like it could be on the red planet rather than in Spain. The landscape and terrain make it a perfect place for simulating a Mars sortie.
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May 02, 2011 |
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Gagarin could have died on glitch-prone flight: scientist
Yuri Gagarin's first space flight was plagued with technical problems and his ship would never have left the ground if it had been subject to today's safety standards, a top rocket scientist said Friday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Harvesting energy
Imagine a cell phone battery that charges with every step you take or a spacesuit that uses astronauts' expended energy to run the suit's electronics. A team of college students conducting NASA research on ...
Apr 01, 2011 |
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US Discovery astronauts step out on last spacewalk
Two US astronauts on Wednesday stepped out on the second and final spacewalk of the Discovery shuttle mission at the International Space Station to work on repairs at the orbiting lab.
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Mar 02, 2011 |
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Space oddities go on auction in US
A freeze-dried beef pot roast, the business card of the first man to walk on the moon, and a Playboy calendar that rode to space in 1969 are among a mishmash of old space items on US auction this week.
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Jan 14, 2011 |
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MIT researches cause of pain in spacesuit gloves
All spacesuit gloves stiffen and fill with gas during an astronaut spacewalk, also known as extravehicular activity, or EVA. This pressure production is required to keep astronauts alive in space, and current ...
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Oct 13, 2010 |
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Building Better Batteries for Cars and Spacecraft
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and NREL combine experience and experiments to make safer more reliable batteries for outer space and Interstates.
Jul 08, 2010 |
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NASA Invites Public to Take Virtual Walk on Moon
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 37 years after humans last walked on the moon, planetary scientists are inviting members of the public to return to the lunar surface as "virtual astronauts" to help answer important ...
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May 11, 2010 |
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Supersonic Freefall
The sound barrier was first broken by an aircraft in 1947, but this year a man will attempt to break the sound barrier with his body alone. His freefall jump from the edge of space will not only break records, ...
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Apr 06, 2010 |
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'Green' satellite fuel designed to make space safer
(PhysOrg.com) -- On the day running up to launch when a spacecraft is fuelled, ground personnel look more like astronauts than engineers, putting on spacesuit-like protective gear.
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Mar 16, 2010 |
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Space suit
A space suit is a complex system of garments, equipment and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. This applies to extra-vehicular activity (EVA) outside spacecraft orbiting Earth, and has applied to walking, and riding the Lunar Rover, on the Moon.
Some of these requirements also apply to pressure suits worn for other specialized tasks, such as high-altitude reconnaissance flight. Above Armstrong's Line (around 19,000 m/62,000 ft), the atmosphere is so thin that pressurized suits are needed. Hazmat suits that superficially resemble space suits are sometimes used when dealing with biological hazards. The first space suits were made by the Goodrich Corporation, then based in Akron, Ohio.
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