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Johnson is responsible for mission planning and provides ground control and UDWLRQLQZKLFKDOOWKHLQVWUXPHQWVZHUHH[SRVHGWR support during each flight. The space suit has been used when a crew member is working outside the pres- VSDFHDQGRSHUDWHGIURPLQVLGHWKHRUELWHU surized crew cabin, Spacelab or SPACEHAB modules. 7KH63$&(+$%PRGXOHZDVFRPPHUFLDOO\GHYHO Unlike earlier suits, each of which was tailored to an astronaut’s specific measurements, the Shuttle-era RSHGE\63$&(+$%,QF¬7KHPRGXOHRIIHUVXSWR space suits come in small, medium and large sizes, and can be adjusted to fit both men and women. A suit VWDQGDUGORFNHUVVXFKDVWKRVHIRXQGLQWKHRUELWHU comes in two parts — upper torso and pants — and each part is pressure-sealed, unlike previous suits that PLGGHFNDQGWZRVLQJOHRUGRXEOHUDFNVIRUH[SHUL were zipper-sealed at the waist. The material used for the elbow, knee and other joints is a fabric that allows PHQWV easier movement, and costs and weighs less than the neoprene rubber joints of earlier units. Each suit has an integral Primary Life Support System, rather than the previously required set of connected tanks carried $OVRWKHUHLVDFFHVVWRWKHH[WHULRURIWKHPRGXOH STS-112 Mission Specialist David A. Wolf is anchored to a foot restraint on the Canadarm2 as he carries the Star- on astronauts' backs. IRUH[SHULPHQWVUHTXLULQJH[SRVXUHWRWKHVSDFHHQYL URQPHQW¬63$&(+$%PRGXOHVFDQIO\DVDVLQJOHXQLW board One (S1) outboard nadir external camera to the A Simplified Aid For Extravehicular Activity Rescue (SAFER) was developed by Johnson for emergency S1 Truss on the International Space Station. situations. A scaled-down version of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) flown aboard Shuttle missions in IRUUHVHDUFKSXUSRVHVRUDVHFRQGPRGXOHFDQEHDW Space Shuttle Endeavour blazes into the night sky on mission STS-113 Nov. 23, 2002, at 7:49 p.m. EST. 1984, the SAFER is designed for self-rescue use by a spacewalker in the event the Shuttle is unable or WDFKHGWRGRXEOHWKHZRUNLQJDQGOLYLQJVSDFH¬ $ The launch was the 19th for Endeavour and the 112th unavailable to retrieve a detached, drifting crew member. Examples of such times may include a mission GRXEOHPRGXOHRIIHUVPRUHHTXLSPHQWVWRUDJHDQGD NASA: Explore. Discover. Understand. flight in the Shuttle program. The mission was the 16th where the Shuttle is docked to the International Space Station. The SAFER was first flown on STS-64 in ODUJHUDUHDIRUFUHZPHPEHUVWRFRQGXFWH[SHULPHQWV assembly flight to the International Space Station, September 1994. 7KH63$&(+$%UHPDLQVLQWKHRUELWHUSD\ORDG IS-2005-06-021-KSC John F. 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