Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)/International Space Station (ISS) Coolant Loop Failure and Recovery 2006-01-2240
Following the Colombia accident, the Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU) onboard ISS were unused for several months. Upon startup, the units experienced a failure in the coolant system. This failure resulted in the loss of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) capability from the US segment of ISS. With limited on-orbit evidence, a team of chemists, engineers, metallurgists, and microbiologists were able to identify the cause of the failure and develop recovery hardware and procedures. As a result of this work, the ISS crew regained the capability to perform EVAs from the US segment of the ISS Figure 1.
Citation: Lewis, J., Cole, H., Cronin, G., Gazda, D. et al., "Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)/International Space Station (ISS) Coolant Loop Failure and Recovery," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-2240, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2240. Download Citation
Author(s):
John F. Lewis, Harold Cole, Gary Cronin, Daniel B. Gazda, John Steele
Pages: 11
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Spacecraft
Coolants
Mobility
Hardware
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