One hundred US EVAs: A perspective on spacewalks

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 51, Issue 1-9, 2002, Pages 579-590

  Wilde, Richard C ^a   McBarron II, James W ^b   Manatt, Scott A ^c   McMann, Harold J ^d   Fullerton, Richard K ^e  

^a Aerospace Consultant   (United States)

^b ILC DOVER   (United States)

^c Aerospace Consultant   (United States)

^d ESCG/Hamilton Sundstrand   (United States)

^e NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; ALARM SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; HAZARDS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE STATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

DEXTERITY; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES (EVA); INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS); MECHANICAL HAZARDS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

APOLLO PROJECT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COSMONAUT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG DURATION; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MANNED; MICROCLIMATE; MOON; PROJECT GEMINI; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SHORT DURATION; SKYLAB PROJECT; SPACE FLIGHT; STS SHUTTLE PROJECT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

APOLLO PROJECT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; PROJECT GEMINI; SHORT DURATION; SKYLAB PROJECT; STS SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ASTRONAUTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MOON; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SUITS; SPACECRAFT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0038074132     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00096-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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