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Topic: Help identifying spacesuit, shuttle launch photos
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-18-2015 03:34 PM
   
A friend asked me for information about these photos. Does anyone have any info at all? The shuttle launch has 'ESA Linder Höhe Köln' on the back, so an ESA flight (crewmember of payload) would seem logical.  
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mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-18-2015 03:50 PM
Signs point to STS 61A, Spacelab D1, October 30, 1985. Looks like around midday (12:00 noon), Pad A, high inclination orbit. The writing seems to refer to the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne-Bonn Germany. Just an educated guess.No clue on the top photo. |
DG27
Member Posts: 173
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2010
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posted 01-19-2015 04:31 AM
Top photo is the ZPS (Zero Prebreathe Suit). While pictures of the ZPS usually show it with an Apollo bubble helmet, here the suit is using the larger advanced helmet dome. Based on the background, the photo looks to have been taken in the Advanced Suit Lab at JSC.The ZPS was designed to operate at 8.3 psi so no pre-breathing was necessary for EVA, hence the name Zero Prebreathe Suit (ZPS). The ZPS utilized a shuttle EMU hard upper torso but with torodial mobility joints (shoulders, elbows, knees) to operate better at the higher pressure. The ZPS was very modular with replaceable components and sizing elements so the suit often looks different from one photo to another. The ZPS program ran from 1982 thru 1984. Hope this helps. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-20-2015 01:49 AM
Thanks, that sure helps. | |
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