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Topic: ISS Crew Must Use Orlans (US Suits No Go)
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pokey Member Posts: 361 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-24-2004 10:08 PM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2589237 |
ALAIN Member Posts: 355 From: GENT, Belgium Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-25-2004 07:08 AM
Pitty the Russian "orlan" spacesuits cannot be used from the US Quest airlock which is closer located to the Z-truss where the failing gyro is located. But US spacesuits can be used from the Russian Pirs airlock I thought. Do the US spacesuits have a name ? |
Matt T Member Posts: 1368 From: Chester, Cheshire, UK Registered: May 2001
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posted 05-25-2004 07:20 AM
I believe they're referred to at ILC as ISS Suits. They're an improved version of the Shuttle EVA suit.Cheers, Matt |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-25-2004 07:26 AM
NASA refers to them still as EMUs (Extravehicular Mobility Unit), as can be seen in this space station update released by the space agency yesterday, "Update on EMU Troubleshooting: Faced with both EMU 3005 & 3013 currently being No Go for EVA due to cooling failure, Houston this morning requested Moscow to support preparations for conducting the unscheduled RPCM replacement EVA next month using Russian Orlan-M spacesuits, with the DC1 docking module for egress/ingress." |
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 06-25-2004 03:00 PM
Well FINCKE has the record of the shortest EVA on ISS ... Thursday 25 JUne 2004 : 14 minutes and 22 seconds ... NASA didn't mention PADALKA so I guess he stayed in the open PIRS airlock ? |
pokey Member Posts: 361 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-25-2004 03:16 PM
From a brief blurb on the radio afterwards, CAPCOM Burbank told Fincke that he had the shortest EVA, but the good news is he's no longer an EVA rookie! |
Carrie Member Posts: 225 From: Syracuse, New York, USA Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-25-2004 11:52 PM
Yes, Padalka was still in the airlock. See http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/workinginspace/exp9_eva_advancer.html :"Official start time of the Thursday spacewalk was 5:56 p.m. EDT, when crewmembers opened the airlock hatch of the Pirs Docking Compartment in the Station's Russian segment. But moments later, Russian flight controllers ordered Fincke back inside -- Padalka was still in the airlock -- after flight controllers saw the drop in pressure in the primary oxygen bottle of Fincke's suit."
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ALAIN Member Posts: 355 From: GENT, Belgium Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-26-2004 06:19 AM
I guess this was the shortest EVA onboard ISS , but was it the shortest ever ? I think Ed White's EVA on Gemini 4 was also a short one ? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-26-2004 08:46 AM
White's EVA was 36 minutes in duration. Fincke appears to hold the record for the shortest American EVA. (Leonov has Fincke beat on Voskhod 2 at 12 minutes.) [This message has been edited by Robert Pearlman (edited June 26, 2004).] |
Ashy Member Posts: 157 From: Preston, England Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 06-28-2004 04:51 PM
Sorry Robert but I actually think that Fincke holds the record. According to the reports I've seen about Leonov's EVA, it apparently lasted 24 minutes, eg, Hoopers 'The Soviet Cosmonaut Team'. There it says that Leonov struggled to get back into the Voskhod for 12 minutes and gives his final time for EVA as 24 mins.Si |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-28-2004 05:01 PM
quote: Originally posted by Ashy: According to the reports I've seen about Leonov's EVA, it apparently lasted 24 minutes
You could be right. I am on extended travel and therefore do not have access to any of my reference books. I used SpaceFacts.de as my source for the 12 minutes citation: http://www.spacefacts.de/eva/cosmonauts/english/leonov_aleksei.htm |
Tom Member Posts: 1597 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-28-2004 05:19 PM
While we're on the topic of "short walks in space", anybody remember how long Al Wordens EVA was on Apollo 15? |
Ashy Member Posts: 157 From: Preston, England Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 06-28-2004 07:07 PM
Al Worden's EVA is recorded as 39 minutes. And if thats right I'm on a roll and might just get some lottery ticketss on the strength of it. My luck can't hold out forever!Si |
november25 Member Posts: 646 From: Douglas, Isle of Man, UK Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 06-28-2004 07:32 PM
Hi Guys, Just noticed what you all are talking about. Met Yury Usachev [STS101 Commander} Who recently came down from the ISS and appeared ate the Air and Space Show in Florida. I have a signed photo of Yury in his Russian EVA SUIT- which is white, and I did ask him quite a few questions at rhe show- mainly about life on the ISS and about this new space suit-YES IT IS THE SAME AS THE OTHER EVA ONES, but an update-RUSSIAN STYLE. Yury was a very charming guy to talk to- he answered all my questions, and I am the very pround owner of 1 SIGNED PICTURE- TO BRENDA- BEST WISHES FROM YURY- in this suit. plus other great autographs-thanks to a collectspace member John M for taking care of our Russian Friend. All the best,cheers Brewnda. IOM THis was posted at 12.30pm gmt |
Rodina Member Posts: 836 From: Lafayette, CA Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 07-01-2004 06:35 PM
Is the Red and Blue pinstripe on the space suit a distinction for Commander/Not-Commander, or for Russian/American or for something else?
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carmelo Member Posts: 1047 From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 07-01-2004 06:55 PM
Since Apollo 13 the red strip is american a distinction comander/not comander for EVA suits,non used,strange thing,only in Skylab project. |