Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 12, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) NASA Testing Modified "Pumpkin Suit" for Asteroid Mission Spacewalks NASA is taking steps to make spacewalking on an asteroid a reality. In the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers are testing a modified version of the pumpkin-orange Advanced Crew Escape System (ACES) worn by space shuttle astronauts during launch and reentry for use by future crew in the Orion spacecraft.As the agency plans human deep space missions, including a voyage to a relocated asteroid, care is being taken to efficiently use space inside Orion. The white Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuits used by crews to conducts spacewalks on the International Space Station are too bulky to carry in the spacecraft, so NASA is looking at ways to alter the ACES suits for multiple uses both inside and outside the spacecraft. Read more... Edited May 9, 2014 by Waspie_Dwarf added tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 12, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Spacewalk and Suit Testing in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab NASA is taking steps to make spacewalking on an asteroid a reality. In the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers are testing a modified version of the pumpkin-orange Advanced Crew Escape System (ACES) worn by space shuttle astronauts during launch and reentry for use by future crew in the Orion spacecraft.Credit: NASASource: NASA - Multimedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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