US Spacesuits (Springer Praxis Books Space Exploration) by Kenneth S. Thomas & Harold J. McMann

Author:Kenneth S. Thomas & Harold J. McMann [Thomas, Kenneth S.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Springer - A
Published: 2005-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

For the 1969 AiResearch Advanced Extravehicular Suit (AES, Figure 7.2.15), NASA-Ames shared a five-bearing shoulder concept complete with a full-scale mockup. AiResearch took the shoulder concept and brought it to fruition. In the other areas, this AES utilized refinements of its near-constant volume toroidal mobility joints and bearing hip architecture that were parts of their CVS. In the AES competition, AiResearch emerged the winner.

Unfortunately, the missions for which the AiResearch AES and OPLSS were aimed were cancelled, resulting in termination of these contracts in 1969 and 1970 respectively. The OPLSS did not complete its detail design phase, and none of the other PLSS “family members” saw development. The AES was planned as a Skylab flight experiment but never saw flight (discussed further in Section 7.3).

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