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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20090034233: A Glimpse from th... |
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The beauty of the view from the office of a spacewalking |
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astronaut gives the impression of simplicity, but few |
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beyond the astronauts, and those who train them, know |
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what it really takes to get there. Extravehicular |
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Activity (EVA) training is an intense process that |
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utilizes NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) to |
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develop a very specific skill set needed to safely |
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construct and maintain the orbiting International Space |
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Station. To qualify for flight assignments, astronauts |
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must demonstrate the ability to work safely and |
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efficiently in the physically demanding environment of |
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the spacesuit, possess an acute ability to resolve |
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unforeseen problems, and implement proper tool protocols |
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to ensure no tools will be lost in space. Through the |
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insights and the lessons learned by actual EVA astronauts |
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and EVA instructors, this paper twill take you on a |
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journey through an astronaut's earliest experiences |
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working in the spacesuit. termed the Extravehicular |
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Mobility Unit (EMU), in the underwater training |
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environment of the NBL. This work details an actual Suit |
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Qualification NBL training event, outlines the numerous |
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challenges the astronauts face throughout their initial |
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training, and the various ways they adapt their own |
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abilities to overcome them. The goal of this paper is to |
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give everyone a small glimpse into what it is really like |
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to work in a spacesuit. |
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Date Published: 2016-11-04 12:18:19 |
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Identifier: NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090034233 |
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Item Size: 19278913 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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