US spacesuits /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York : Chichester, UK :
Springer ; In association with Praxis Pub.,
c2006
Berlin ; New York : Chichester, UK : Springer ; Published in association with Praxis Pub., ©2006 |
| Series: | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Reaching upward and outward
- The basics of spacesuits
- Crew escape, rescue and survival spacesuits
- Gemini : the first approaches to exploring and working in space
- Apollo : mankind starts the exploration of the Moon
- Advanced development for cancelled Apollo missions
- US Air Force spacesuits
- Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz test project suit systems (1969-75)
- The Space Shuttle program : orbital EVA comes of age
- The next generation of spacesuits
- Epilogue
- 1 Introduction
- 2. Reaching upward and outward
- 3. The basics of spacesuits
- 4. Crew escape, rescue and survival spacesuits
- 5. Gemini - the fist approaches to exploring and working in space
- 6. Apollo : makind starts the exploration of the Moon
- 7. Advanced development for cancelled Apollo missions
- 8. US air force spacesuits
- 9. Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz test project suit systems (1969-75)
- 10. The space shuttle program : orbital EVA comes of age
- 11. The next generation of spacesuits
- 12. Epilogue
- App. 1. US spaceflight suit system overview
- App. 2. US EVA information.