Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable Earthlike atmosphere...
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mobility, life support, and communications for astronauts performing extravehicular activity (EVA) in Earth orbit. Introduced in 1981, it is a two-piece semi-rigid...
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is fitted around the life support backpack of the space suit (EMU or Extravehicular Mobility Unit). SAFER in no way interferes with suit mobility. The flight...
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different purposes: IVA (intravehicular activity), EVA (extravehicular activity), and IEVA (intra/extravehicular activity). IVA suits are meant to be worn inside...
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Human spaceflight (section Extravehicular activity)
radiation sickness, and may even have been lethal for those engaged in extravehicular activity or on the lunar surface. Another type of radiation, galactic cosmic...
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Buzz Aldrin (section Post-NASA activities)
in 1966 on Gemini 12, during which he spent over five hours on extravehicular activity. Three years later, Aldrin set foot on the Moon at 03:15:16 on...
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saturation, flying in an unpressurised aircraft at high altitude, and extravehicular activity from spacecraft. DCS and arterial gas embolism are collectively...
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Flight controller (redirect from Flight Activities Officer)
The flight director, who leads the flight controllers, monitors the activities of a team of flight controllers, and has overall responsibility for success...
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STS-47. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first person to conduct an extravehicular activity (EVA), (commonly called a "spacewalk"), on 18 March 1965, on the...
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Apollo 17 (category Extravehicular activity)
days, 14 hours), greatest distance from a spacecraft during an extravehicular activity of any type (7.6 kilometers or 4.7 miles), longest time on the...
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