Eads Space Transportation Gmbh

Joerg Boettcher

Frank Steinsiek

Stephen Ransom

A protection suit, particularly a spacesuit, has an opening in a back portion of the spacesuit for entering and exiting the suit. The spacesuit is suspended on one side of a bulkhead (') so that a hole in the bulkhead is aligned with the opening in the back portion of the suit. The opening is closeable by a backpack () which fits through the hole in the bulkhead into a decontamination chamber () on the opposite side of the bulkhead. Two sealing and interlocking systems are used. Each system has two subsystems to provide a total of four sealing and interlocking subsystems. A first subsystem () connects the spacesuit to the bulkhead that separates a living and working space from an airlock. A second subsystem () connects a backpack to the spacesuit (). A third subsystem () connects the spacesuit, preferably through the backpack (), to a decontamination chamber (). A fourth subsystem () connects the decontamination chamber to the bulkhead (&#x2032;). Each subsystem () is capable of hermetically sealing and interlocking the respective connection. The decontamination chamber is just large enough to accommodate the backpack.

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Stuhr, Germany

Joerg Boettcher