Astrium Gmbh

Daimler-benz Aerospace Ag

Eads Space Transportation Gmbh

Stephen Ransom

Frank Steinsiek

Joerg Boettcher

Klaus-Dieter Relotius

Manfred Zier

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.

Apparatus and method for putting on a protective suit

A test chamber is pivotably suspended in an aircraft, so that the center of gravity of the test chamber always self-actingly orients itself in the direction of the effective residual acceleration. To simulate a selected acceleration greater than 0 g and less than 1 g, the aircraft is flown along a parabolic flight path with a downward vertical acceleration such that the difference between Earth's gravitational acceleration and the aircraft's acceleration corresponds to the selected acceleration to be simulated. To simulate gravitational conditions on Mars, the aircraft is flown with a downward vertical acceleration of about &frac23; g, so that the residual acceleration acting on the test chamber is about &frac13; g. The atmospheric conditions, such as the gas composition, pressure and temperature, of Mars can also be established in the test chamber.

Method and apparatus for aircraft-based simulation of variable accelerations and reduced gravity conditions

Apparatus for controlling the structural dynamic response of a rocket

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Stuhr, Germany

Stephen Ransom