Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Androidâ„¢ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Z series space suits

Index Z series space suits

The Z series is a series of prototype extra-vehicular activity (EVA) space suits being developed in the Advanced Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AEMU) project under NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) program. [1]

17 relations: Buzz Lightyear, Carbon dioxide, David Clark Company, Extravehicular activity, Extravehicular Mobility Unit, ILC Dover, International Space Station, Micro-g environment, NASA, Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Out of autoclave composite manufacturing, Pixar, Planetary body, Primary Life Support System, Suitport, Time (magazine), Toy Story.

Buzz Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the ''Toy Story'' franchise.

New!!: Z series space suits and Buzz Lightyear · See more »

Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide (chemical formula) is a colorless gas with a density about 60% higher than that of dry air.

New!!: Z series space suits and Carbon dioxide · See more »

David Clark Company

David Clark Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer, best known for noise attenuating headsets with boom microphones.

New!!: Z series space suits and David Clark Company · See more »

Extravehicular activity

Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut or cosmonaut outside a spacecraft beyond the Earth's appreciable atmosphere.

New!!: Z series space suits and Extravehicular activity · See more »

Extravehicular Mobility Unit

The Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is an independent anthropomorphic spacesuit that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for astronauts performing extravehicular activity (EVA) in Earth orbit.

New!!: Z series space suits and Extravehicular Mobility Unit · See more »

ILC Dover

ILC Dover, LP (also known as ILC) is an American special engineering development and manufacturing company based in Frederica, Delaware.

New!!: Z series space suits and ILC Dover · See more »

International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.

New!!: Z series space suits and International Space Station · See more »

Micro-g environment

The term micro-g environment (also µg, often referred to by the term microgravity) is more or less a synonym for weightlessness and zero-g, but indicates that g-forces are not quite zero—just very small.

New!!: Z series space suits and Micro-g environment · See more »

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

New!!: Z series space suits and NASA · See more »

Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory

The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) is an astronaut training facility and neutral buoyancy pool operated by NASA and located at the Sonny Carter Training Facility, near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

New!!: Z series space suits and Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory · See more »

Out of autoclave composite manufacturing

Out of autoclave composite manufacturing is an alternative to the traditional high pressure autoclave (industrial) curing process commonly used by the aerospace manufacturers for manufacturing composite material.

New!!: Z series space suits and Out of autoclave composite manufacturing · See more »

Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios, commonly referred to as Pixar, is an American computer animation movie studio based in Emeryville, California that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company.

New!!: Z series space suits and Pixar · See more »

Planetary body

A planetary body or planetary object is any secondary body in the Solar System that is geologically differentiated or in hydrostatic equilibrium and thus has a planet-like geology: a planet, dwarf planet, or the larger moons and asteroids.

New!!: Z series space suits and Planetary body · See more »

Primary Life Support System

A Primary (or Portable or Personal) Life Support System (or Subsystem) (PLSS), is a device connected to an astronaut or cosmonaut's spacesuit, which allows extra-vehicular activity with maximum freedom, independent of a spacecraft's life support system.

New!!: Z series space suits and Primary Life Support System · See more »

Suitport

A suitport or suitlock is an alternative technology to an airlock, designed for use in hazardous environments and in human spaceflight, especially planetary surface exploration.

New!!: Z series space suits and Suitport · See more »

Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

New!!: Z series space suits and Time (magazine) · See more »

Toy Story

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.

New!!: Z series space suits and Toy Story · See more »

Redirects here:

Z series (space suits), Z series space suit, Z-1 Suit, Z-1 prototype spacesuit.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_series_space_suits

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »