Technical Paper
NASA Space Shuttle Advanced Crew Escape Suit Development
1995-07-01
951545
The recently developed Model S1035 Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) represents the latest generation pressure suit system developed for the NASA Space Shuttle program, and serves as a replacement for the S1032 Launch Entry Suit (LES). The S1032 Launch Entry Suit (LES) was developed following the Challenger loss and NASA's decision to integrate a Shuttle crew escape system. The development effort took advantage of previous pressure suit developments, with each major LES component being selected from previously qualified systems. The primary design challenge was one of design integration with the Orbiter and other crew escape equipment. The S1032 LES has successfully supported Shuttle missions since NASA's Return to Flight with STS-26 in September 1988.
