pressure suit
71SR-71 Blackbird — infobox Aircraft name = SR 71 Blackbird caption =An SR 71B Trainer over the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in 1994. Note second cockpit is raised for the instructor. type = Strategic Reconnaissance manufacturer = Lockheed Skunk Works… …
72Primary Life Support System — A Primary (or Portable) Life Support System/Subsystem, or PLSS, is the backpack of a spacesuit. It provides most of the functions of a spacecraft life support system, in a smaller package. The functions performed by the PLSS include: *regulating… …
73Space medicine — is the practice of medicine on astronauts in outer space.Who benefits from space medicine research?Astronauts are not the only ones who benefit from space medicine research. Several medical products have been developed that are space spinoffs,… …
74Mercury-Redstone 4 — Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Mercury Redstone 4 Spacecraft name Liberty Bell 7 Spacecraft mass 1,286 …
75Extravehicular Mobility Unit — The Space Shuttle/International Space Station Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is an independent anthropomorphic system that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for a Shuttle or ISS crew member to… …
76Cabin pressurization — is the active pumping of compressed air into an aircraft cabin when flying at altitude to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for crew and passengers in the low outside atmospheric pressure.Pressurization is essential over 3,000 m (10,000 …
77Airlock — An airlock is a device which permits the passage of people and objects between a pressure vessel and its surroundings while minimizing the change of pressure in the vessel and loss of air from it. The lock consists of a small chamber with two… …
78Non-pneumatic anti-shock garment — The Non Pneumatic Anti Shock Garment (NASG) is a low technology first aid device used to treat hypovolemic shock. It s efficacy for reducing maternal deaths due to obstetrical hemorrhage is being researched. Obstetrical hemorrhage is heavy… …
79Apollo Command/Service Module — Apollo CSM The Apollo 15 CSM in lunar orbit Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36.2 ft 11.03 m …
80Strizh — is a space suit that was originally developed for the crew of the Russian Buran space shuttle and resembled the Sokol space suit worn by Soyuz crew members. It was designed to protect cosmonauts during a possible ejection from the spacecraft at… …
