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Umbilical cable

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An umbilical cable or umbilical is a cable and/or hose that supplies required consumables to an apparatus, diver or astronaut. [1]

26 relations: Air line, Alexey Leonov, Apollo program, Cryogenics, Diver communications, Diving bell, Extravehicular activity, Fluid power, Launch pad, Liquid-propellant rocket, Missile, Multistage rocket, Pressure suit, Project Gemini, Remotely operated underwater vehicle, Remotely operated vehicle, Safety harness, Soviet Union, Space suit, Space vehicle, Spacecraft, Subsea (technology), Surface-supplied diving, Telemetry, Tether, Umbilical cord.

Air line

An air line is a tube, or hose, that carries a compressed air supply, e.g. to inflate tyres or power compressed-air tools.

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Alexey Leonov

Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (p; born 30 May 1934 in Listvyanka, West Siberian Krai, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major general, writer and artist.

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Apollo program

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.

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Cryogenics

In physics, cryogenics is the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures.

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Diver communications

Diver communications are the methods used by divers to communicate with each other or with surface members of the dive team.

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Diving bell

A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater work.

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Extravehicular activity

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

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Fluid power

Fluid power is the use of fluids under pressure to generate, control, and transmit power.

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Launch pad

A launch pad is an above-ground platform from which a rocket-powered missile or space vehicle is vertically launched.

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Liquid-propellant rocket

A liquid-propellant rocket or liquid rocket is a rocket engine that uses liquid propellants.

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Missile

In modern language, a missile is a guided self-propelled system, as opposed to an unguided self-propelled munition, referred to as a rocket (although these too can also be guided).

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Multistage rocket

A multistage rocket, or step rocket is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket stages, each of which contains its own engines and propellant.

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Pressure suit

A pressure suit is a protective suit worn by high-altitude pilots who may fly at altitudes where the air pressure is too low for an unprotected person to survive, even breathing pure oxygen at positive pressure.

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Project Gemini

Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program.

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Remotely operated underwater vehicle

A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) is a tethered underwater mobile device.

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Remotely operated vehicle

Remotely operated vehicles are vehicles which are controlled by an operator who is not in the vehicle.

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Safety harness

A safety harness is a form of protective equipment designed to protect a person, animal, or object from injury or damage.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Space suit

A space suit is a garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space, vacuum and temperature extremes.

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Space vehicle

A space vehicle or spaceship is a rocket-powered vehicle used to transport unmanned satellites or humans between the Earth's surface and outer space.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.

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Subsea (technology)

Subsea is fully submerged ocean equipment, operations or applications, especially when some distance offshore, in deep ocean waters, or on the seabed.

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Surface-supplied diving

Surface-supplied diving is diving using equipment supplied with breathing gas using a diver's umbilical from the surface, either from the shore or from a diving support vessel, sometimes indirectly via a diving bell.

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Telemetry

Telemetry is an automated communications process by which measurements and other data are collected at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for monitoring.

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Tether

A tether is a cord, fixture, or flexible attachment that anchors something movable to a reference point which may be fixed or moving.

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Umbilical cord

In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta.

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References

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

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