McMann, Harold J.
US Spacesuits
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Reaching upward and outward
3. The basics of spacesuits
4. Crew escape, rescue and survival spacesuits
5. Gemini: The first approaches to exploring and working in space
6. Apollo: Mankind 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
Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
- Author(s)
- McMann, Harold J.
- Thomas, Kenneth S.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2006
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Springer Praxis Books
- Page amount
- 427 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780387739793
