The Soviet-Russian space suits a historical overview of the 1960's

Skoog, A. Ingemar; Abramov, Isaak P.; Stoklitsky, A.; Doodnik, Michail N.

doi:10.1016/s0094-5765(02)00092-9

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“…In this case the second bladder would automatically inflate. 7,8 Yasterb is the name of the suit that was used for the Soyuz program. This pressure suit was planned for the Soyuz docking project in 1965.…”

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“…The Yastreb was designed for just the space walk and had to be donned aboard an orbiting vehicle therefore it was improved to ensure unassisted donning in orbit before an EVA. 8,9 In 1965 work also started on the development of hardware for the new lunar program, and the next generation of the soviet EVA suits (Orlan) that were designed to be used on the surface of the moon. This type of suit was never used for walking on the moon but was later adopted to work in the Soviet space station.…”

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Spacesuits and EVA Gloves Evolution and Future Trends of Extravehicular Activity Gloves

Mousavi

Ambrosio

Appendino

et al. 2011

41st International Conference on Environmental Systems

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The total time of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) performed by astronauts has increased significantly during the past few years. On the other hand, the bulk and stiffness of the suit itself and in particular of the gloves generate some difficulties for the astronauts to perform their tasks in space. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the EVA glove technology for future needs. Since a lack of categorized information for those who want to improve EVA gloves is evident, in this work a survey on related literature has been carried out and fundamental data has been categorized. The paper starts with an overview on the historical and chronological progress of EVA suits and EVA gloves followed by a review of the previously demonstrated EVA gloves including American and Russian ones. The remaining part of the paper is dedicated to the characteristics of current EVA gloves and to present and future trends in research for further improvements.

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Section: B a Brief History Of Soviet Union/russian Spacesuitsmentioning

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Spacesuits and EVA Gloves Evolution and Future Trends of Extravehicular Activity Gloves

Mousavi

Ambrosio

Appendino

et al. 2011

41st International Conference on Environmental Systems

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“…However, a lot of waste heat is generated when spacecraft are in working status, and solving the problem of the heat dissipation of spacecraft and equipment such as lunar probes and spacesuits has accordingly become the focus of the powerful countries in space exploration [6][7][8]. Space radiators and water sublimators are two types of necessary heat sinks for space cooling [6,9]. Space radiators are the passive cooling sources used in most space applications, but, they have some disadvantages such as a limited dissipation power and the low power-mass ratio.…”

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Numerical Investigation on Heat-Transfer and Hydromechanical Performance inside Contaminant-Insensitive Sublimators under a Vacuum Environment for Spacecraft Applications

Gao

et al. 2019

Energies

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The contaminant-insensitive sublimator (CIS) is a novel water sublimator in development, which uses two porous substrates to separate the sublimation point from the pressure-control point and provide long-life effective cooling for spacecraft. Many essential studies need to be carried out in the field. To overcome the reliability issues such as ice breakthrough caused by large temperature or pressure differences, the CIS development unit model, the mathematical models of heat and mass transfer and the evaluation coefficient have been established. Numerical investigations have been implemented aiming at the impacts of physical properties of porous substrate, physical properties of working fluid, orifice layouts and orifice-structure parameters on the characteristics of flow field and temperature field. The numerical investigation shows some valuable conclusion, such as the temperature uniformity coefficient at the bottom surface of the large pore substrate is 0.997669 and the pressure uniformity coefficient at the same surface is 0.85361267. These numerical results can provide structure and data reference for the CIS design of lunar probe or spacesuit.

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“…eginning with the first spacewalk performed by Alexi Leonov in 1965, astronauts conducting extravehicular activity (EVA) have donned gas-pressurized space suits to stay alive in the harsh environment of space 1 . These suits function by creating an artificial gas environment that surrounds the user, mimicking the breathable atmosphere and complete-body counter-pressure found on the surface of the Earth.…”

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Materials and Textile Architecture Analyses for Mechanical Counter-Pressure Space Suits using Active Materials

Holschuh

Obropta

Buechley

et al. 2012

AIAA SPACE 2012 Conference &Amp; Exposition

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Mechanical counter-pressure (MCP) space suits have the potential to improve the mobility of astronauts as they conduct planetary exploration activities. MCP suits differ from traditional gas-pressurized space suits by applying surface pressure to the wearer using tight-fitting materials rather than pressurized gas, and represent a fundamental change in space suit design. However, the underlying technologies required to provide uniform compression in a MCP garment at sufficient pressures for space exploration have not yet been perfected, and donning and doffing a MCP suit remains a significant challenge. This research effort focuses on the novel use of active material technologies to produce a garment with controllable compression capabilities (up to 30 kPa) to address these problems. We provide a comparative study of active materials and textile architectures for MCP applications; concept active material compression textiles to be developed and tested based on these analyses; and preliminary biaxial braid compression garment modeling results. Nomenclature DEA= dielectric elastomer actuator EAP = electroactive polymer EMU = extravehicular mobility unit EVA = extravehicular activity MCP = mechanical counter-pressure NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Agency SMA = shape memory alloy SMP = shape memory polymer

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The Soviet-Russian space suits a historical overview of the 1960's

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Spacesuits and EVA Gloves Evolution and Future Trends of Extravehicular Activity Gloves

Spacesuits and EVA Gloves Evolution and Future Trends of Extravehicular Activity Gloves

Numerical Investigation on Heat-Transfer and Hydromechanical Performance inside Contaminant-Insensitive Sublimators under a Vacuum Environment for Spacecraft Applications

Materials and Textile Architecture Analyses for Mechanical Counter-Pressure Space Suits using Active Materials

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