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    The Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is an independent spacesuit that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications...
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    Space Notes Apollo Extravehicular mobility unit. Volume 1: System description – 1971 (PDF document) Apollo Extravehicular mobility unit. Volume 2: Operational...
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  • Xemu (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain NASA's Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit, also known as xEMU Xemu Records, a U.S. independent record label...
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    Hybrid suits have hard-shell parts and fabric parts. NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) uses a fiberglass Hard Upper Torso (HUT) and fabric limbs...
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    missions. The names for both the Apollo and Skylab space suits were Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). The Apollo EMUs consisted of a Pressure Suit Assembly...
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    approximately 2,000 BTU/h (590 W) The LCVG used with NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit is primarily constructed of spandex, with a nylon tricot liner...
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    fit over the life-support system backpack of the Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). When carried into space, the MMU was stowed in a support...
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    mission during which a Extravehicular activity was conducted, and hence was the first in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used. Commander...
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  • module. The fabric cap worn by NASA astronauts as part of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit is known as a "Snoopy cap", a reference to how the white crown...
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    (November 1975). "Apollo Experience Report – Development of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit" (PDF). NASA Technical Note. TN D-8093: 22–25. Archived (PDF)...
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    (1980–1982); astronaut office representative for Extravehicular Mobility Unit (spacesuit) and Extravehicular Activity (EVA) procedures and development, including...
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    Space Station. Quest was designed to host spacewalks with both Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits and Orlan space suits. The airlock was launched...
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    rescue capability. SAFER is worn by every ISS crewmember using an Extravehicular Mobility Unit. SAFER was co-invented by former astronauts Joseph Kerwin, Paul...
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    along with fabricating the suit component of the Space Shuttle's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), is located nearby. The present-day town of Frederica was...
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    types of space suit revealed in October 2019: the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU), and the Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS). On August...
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    designed and manufactured the Space Suit Assembly portion of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) developed by Collins Aerospace, worn by astronauts during...
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    Gemini 4 used the Ventilation Control Module (VCM), for Gemini 8-12 the Extravehicular Life Support System (ELSS) was used. The ELSS was also designed to optionally...
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    used as one of the layers in the softgoods structure of NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (spacesuit) designed and manufactured by ILC Dover and was the...
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    clear tears from his eye by wiggling down far enough in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit to use the Valsalva device in his suit as a sponge to clear up...
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  • Evolutionary Map of the Universe, a radio-astronomical survey Extravehicular Mobility Unit, a NASA space suit EMU (speech database system), software to...
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    extra-vehicular activity (EVA) space suits being developed in the Advanced Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AEMU) project under NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES)...
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    the extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) of astronauts. Current Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) designs take this and other issues into consideration,...
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    has been used for the Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment on the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (in conjunction with Kevlar and Gore-Tex) and ACES pressure suit...
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    wore when he first walked on the Moon, and also worked on later Extravehicular Mobility Unit suits for astronauts in the Space Shuttle program. Allen worked...
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    technology education. The Apollo lunar EVA suit was called the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). Besides the pressure suit, this included the Portable...
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    of several space suits, notably Roscosmos' Orlan and NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). The fiberglass HUT forms a rigid enclosure about the upper...
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    The Quest Joint Airlock enables extravehicular activities (EVAs) using either the U.S. Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) or the Russian Orlan space...
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    Suit Launch Entry Suit (LES) Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) SpaceX suit China Shenzhou IVA Haiying Feitian Developmental...
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    2), showing the Vitruvian Man in the center; (right) NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit Vitruvian Spaceman patch (Space Shuttle version, with three stars...
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    of spacesuits tailored to fit women (called the extra-small Extravehicular Mobility Unit or EMU). In particular, she assisted with the design of an extra-small...
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