Engineering Mechanical Counter Pressure Spacesuits and Compression Garments: Active Pressurization and Design for Mobility

Extravehicular activities (EVA’s) are an essential and integral part of human exploration of space, with their use ranging from performing scientific experiments on a planetary surface to assembling space stations. Spacesuits must provide an astronaut with the conditions necessary to survive an EVA...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kothakonda, Akshay
Other Authors: Newman, Dava J.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157827