Russian spacesuits /
The authors, part of the original Zveda team that manufactured spacesuits for the first Russian space flights, describe the technical innovations of the past 40 years, culminating in the equipment used on today's International Space Station. 100 illustrations
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York : Chichester, UK :
Springer ; In association with Praxis Pub.,
c2003
London ; New York : Springer in association with Praxis Pub., c2003 London ; New York : Springer, 2003 London New York Chichester, UK Springer Published in association with Praxis Pub., c2003 London ; New York : Chichester, UK : [2003] |
| Series: | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction and background
- 2. How full pressure spacesuits came about. Time period preceeding the space mission era
- 3. The Vostok era
- 4. Spacesuit and equipment for the world's first EVA
- 5. EVA suit for the Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 missions
- 6. Spacesuits for the Soviet Moon programme
- 7. SOKOL-K and SOKOL-KV-2 rescue suits for Soyuz 125
- 8. Orbit-based spacesuits of the ORLAN type
- 9. Equipment for the Cosmonaut Transference and Manoeuvring Unit (UPMK)
- 10. Buran reusable space system
- 11. Evolution of the European EVA spacesuit
- 12. Human physiological aspects in designing the EVA spacesuit
- 13. Potential projects on planetary suits for the Moon and Mars
- 14. Who's who in Soviet/Russian spacesuit technology
- 15. Russian spacesuit artefacts
- App. 1. Summary of USSR/Russian Federation EVA statistics
- App. 2. The main characteristics of ORLAN-type spacesuits
- App. 3. Technical details of spacesuits.