SPACE SUITS Rev Date:5/26/2000 Section 094

CENTER SERIES SPACE SUITS This subseries contains materials related to the development of space suits for intravehicular and extravehicular activity. As may be expected, the earliest space suits for the Mercury program descended from military pressure suits, in particular the Goodrich Navy Mark IV full pressure suit. The suit functioned primarily as protection against a sudden change in cabin pressure. It had no moveable bearings at the neck and wrist as did subsequent suits. The Gemini suit, too, is a version of a military suit developed by the David Clark Company for the USAF. Two versions, the G3C and G4C suits, were developed for intravehicular and extravehicular activity respectively. An additional suit, the G5C was developed for long duration flights. Since Gemini astronauts performed activities outside of the spacecraft, their space suits required thermal and micrometeoroid protection. Long term comfort also became necessary as mission duration increased. Naturally, the unique requirements of a lunar landing dictated changes in the space suits worn during lunar exploration excursions. The Apollo EMU (extravehicular mobility unit) required unlimited mobility, thermal, micrometeoroid and visual protection systems, a four hour lunar surface time, and compatibility with the CSM under pressurized and unpressurized conditions. The EMU included a water cooled under garment and a backpack (PLSS) housing all life support, communications and biomedical telemetry systems. Hamilton Standard had overall responsibility for the Apollo suit and portable life support system. International Latex Corporation held the production contract. Life support systems for the AAP / Skylab program were developed and built by the Garrett Corporation. The suit is a modification of the Apollo ILC A7L suit. This subseries is strongest in materials related to the Gemini and Apollo suits. Correspondence, meeting minutes, and contractor reports document the development and test of these suits. Documents are arranged by program. Photographs and motion picture films are filed at the end of the subseries. Documents related to NASA contract NAS9-3642, a production improvement and modification project for space suit assemblies, have been filed separately. Materials are dated from 1959 through 1981. See also Shuttle Series, Manned Maneuvering Unit Documents Inventory SubHeading: Box Number: 01 A Guide to Aircrew Personal and October 1957 Aircraft Installed Equipment Mercury Pressure Suit (Space Suit) MERCURY SUITS 1959 - 1960, 1963 Development Correspondence Gemini Space Suit Development GEMINI SUITS 1962 - 1963 Correspondence Gemini Space Suit Development GEMINI SUITS Correspondence (including Gemini 1964 - 1966, n.d. astronaut suit assignments) Gemini and Apollo Suit Development GEMINI SUITS 1965 - 1967 Milestones and Schedules GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit Requirements October 1, 1962 Procurement Plans, Project Gemini Space Suit Program and GEMINI SUITS April 1963 Extravehicular Pressurization Ventilation System Gemini Project Space Suit Assembly GEMINI SUITS and Extravehicular Pressurization May - June 1963 Ventilation System Statement of Work Garrett Airesearch, Technical Proposal GEMINI SUITS - Project Gemini Extravehicular November 24, 1963 Pressurization Ventilation System SubHeading: Box Number: 01 * Project Mercury Pressure Suit Evaluation, Wright Air Development MERCURY SUITS July 1959 Center * This 80 page document has been scanned SubHeading: Box Number: 02 Statement of Work, Gemini Space Suit GEMINI SUITS November 29, 1963 Reliability Testing Program Gemini Space Suit Assembly Program GEMINI SUITS c. 1963 Plan Preliminary Gemini Space Suit GEMINI SUITS Assembly Qualification Test Plan for February 11, 1964 Gemini Titan Flight No. 3 Gemini Program Technical Manual - Maintenance, Repair and Testing of GEMINI SUITS April 1964 Space Suit Type G-2C-24 (NAS9- 1396) David Clark Co. Neck Dam GEMINI SUITS Development for the Gemini Space May 5, 1964 Suit David Clark Co. Phase A Study Report GEMINI SUITS May 14, 1964 - Suit G-2C Gemini Program David Clark Co. Gemini Space Suit GEMINI SUITS Technical manual Illustrated Parts July 15, 1964 Breakdown S-954 Space Suit Request for Proposal - Gemini Flight GEMINI SUITS August 19, 1964 Space Suit Assemblies David Clark Co. Field Maintenance GEMINI SUITS Instructions for Gemini Space Suit October 1, 1964 Type G-3C Brief Mobility Analysis of the Gemini GEMINI SUITS January 12, 1965 4C Space Suit Assembly SubHeading: Box Number: 03 AVCO Corporation, Progress Reports NAS9-3625, Space Environment GEMINI SUITS March - November 1965 Testing of Gemini Space Suit Components and Materials David Clark Co., Gemini G-3C and G- GEMINI SUITS 4C Space Suit Material Analysis July 8, 1965 Records LTV Astronautics, Preliminary Report of the Plume Heating Qualification Test GEMINI SUITS October 11, 1965, n.d. on the Gemini MMU Extravehicular Coverall Proof Test of Meteoroid Protective October - November GEMINI SUITS Cover Layer for GT-8 1965 Gemini Space Suit NAS9-1396 GEMINI SUITS 1965 - 1966, n.d. Contract Change Notices Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, GEMINI SUITS Extravehicular Mission Equipment, January 3, 1966 Gemini GT-8 Gemini - Apollo Space Suit Field GEMINI SUITS 1966, n.d. Support Negotiations Garrett Airesearch, Gemini GEMINI SUITS n.d. Environmental Control System GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit Post Flight Testing n.d. Gemini Space Suit Temperature, GEMINI SUITS n.d. Thermal Characteristics, Heat SubHeading: Box Number: 03 * David Clark Co., Final Report - Gemini GEMINI SUITS Space Suit Program * This 76 page June 1967 document has been scanned SubHeading: Box Number: 04 GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-3 Related 1963 - 1965, n.d. GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-4 Related 1964 - 1965, n.d. GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-5 Related 1965, n.d. GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-7 Related 1966 GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-6 Related 1966, n.d. GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-8 Related 1966 GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-9 Related 1966, n.d. GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-10 Related 1966, n.d. GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-11 Related 1966 GEMINI SUITS Gemini Space Suit - GT-12 Related 1966, n.d. SubHeading: Box Number: 05 APOLLO SUITS Apollo Space Suit Correspondence 1962 - 1965, n.d. Astronaut Office Correspondence re APOLLO SUITS 1967 - 1968 Apollo EMU and PGA Garrett Airesearch, Space Suit APOLLO SUITS Assembly Development Technical March 28, 1962 Proposal General Electric A Program for the APOLLO SUITS Development of the Apollo Space Suit March 29, 1962 Assembly Minutes of the NASA - Apollo Space APOLLO SUITS Suit Assembly Contractor Meeting September 24 - 26, 1962 Held at NASA MSC Hamilton Standard, Monthly Progress APOLLO SUITS Report for Apollo Space Suit February 1963 Assembly, NAS9-723 Kincaide, William C. Development of APOLLO SUITS the Apollo Portable Life Support February 7, 1964 System SubHeading: Box Number: 05 * Mobility Range and Ventilation Study, Apollo Space Suit A-3H-024 and AXH- APOLLO SUITS July 15, 1964 4H-025 Helmet * This 47 page document has been scanned Hamilton Standard, Progress Report for the Apollo Space Suit System, APOLLO SUITS August - September 1964 NAS9-723 and NAS9-3535 * This 33 page document has been scanned Apollo Space Suit Intravehicular Mobility Task Evaluation (Grumman APOLLO SUITS September 1964 and NAA) * This 37 page document has been scanned SubHeading: Box Number: 06 Hamilton Standard, Apollo Space Suit APOLLO SUITS System - Apollo Spacecraft Interface October 30, 1964 Specification, Revision F Apollo Extravehicular Mobility Unit APOLLO SUITS Design and Performance Specification, December 28, 1964 MSC-CSD-A-017 Hamilton Standard, Apollo Extravehicular Mobility Unit - Apollo APOLLO SUITS December 31, 1964 Spacecraft Interface Specification, Revision G APOLLO SUITS Apollo Space Suit Qualification 1962 - 1964 Space Suit Assembly Design APOLLO SUITS 1964 Performance Specification SubHeading: Box Number: 06 * Final Review Copy Apollo Space Suit Assembly Design and Performance APOLLO SUITS October 12, 1964 Specification, CSD-A-017 * All 195 pages have been scanned. SubHeading: Box Number: 07 An X-Ray Study of Mobility in the APOLLO SUITS Apollo 0-24 Space Suit Assembly January 15, 1965 CPS-65-02 Goodman, Jerry and Matthew Radnofsky, Lunar Surface and Free APOLLO SUITS April 23, 1965 Space Hazards Relating to Space Suit Design NASA Development Study of the APOLLO SUITS July 16, 1965 Apollo Helmet Assembly CPS-65-13 Hamilton Standard NASA - Furnished APOLLO SUITS Equipment Performance and Interface 1965 Specification (Apollo EMU) Conceptual Design Apollo Thermal APOLLO SUITS March 17, 1966 Boot Oral History Transcript Matthew I. APOLLO SUITS March 21, 1966 Radnofsky Quality Control and Reliability Program APOLLO SUITS Plan and Manual for Apollo Block I April 22, 1966 Space Suit 3 volumes SubHeading: Box Number: 07 * Hamilton Standard, Performance and Design Requirements for the APOLLO SUITS Extravehicular Mobility Unit, Apollo January 29, 1965 General Specification, SVHS 3007A //* All 240 pages have been scanned. SubHeading: Box Number: 08 Apollo Medical Injector Study HFS-66- APOLLO SUITS September 22, 1966 12 Evaluation of RX-3 Hard Suit HES-67- APOLLO SUITS May 3, 1967 13 APOLLO SUITS RX-4 Hard Suit Development 1967, n.d. Garrett Airesearch Apollo Block II ECS APOLLO SUITS March 1968 Components Crew Systems Engineering Reports for APOLLO SUITS 1968 - 1969 the Apollo Space Suit Development Test Report, David-Clark Moveable APOLLO SUITS January 17, 1969 Visor Helmet IV andEV Impact Test Test Report, Toluene Exposed Apollo APOLLO SUITS January 1969 Helmet Intravehicular Impact Test Douglas Paper 10206, ECGS High Performance Liquid Phase Change APOLLO SUITS May 1969 Space Suit Garment Cooling System Development Mission H Dual EVA Evaluation Test APOLLO SUITS June 6, 1969 Procedure Crew Systems Division Pressure APOLLO SUITS Garment Assembly and Liquid Cooling June 11, 1970 Garment Cleanliness, Specification for Webb Associates, Automatic APOLLO SUITS June 1970 Controllers for the Apollo LCG Oral History Transcript Al Gross, TLSA APOLLO SUITS April 4, 1972 Engineer Study of Apollo Space Suit Electrical APOLLO SUITS n.d. Fire Hazard Hamilton Standard, Project Apollo APOLLO SUITS Portable Life Support System n.d. (description) SubHeading: Box Number: 08 * Familiarization and Operations Manual, Model A7L - Apollo Block II APOLLO SUITS November 8, 1967 Contract End Items * This 99 page document has been scanned Test Report, Apollo F. Borman Helmet APOLLO SUITS Intravehicular Impact Test //* All 40 January 17, 1969 pages have been scanned. Apollo EMU Garment Program Monthly Progress Report, NAS9-6100, APOLLO SUITS June - July 1970 ILC Industries * This 149 page document has been scanned Hamilton Standard Apollo PLSS - Environmental Control of the Smallest APOLLO SUITS 1971, n.d. Manned Space Vehicle I * This 51 page document has been scanned SubHeading: Box Number: 08A Skylab Space Suit Development SKYLAB SUITS Correspondence (including MOL 1966 - 1972 related material) SKYLAB SUITS Skylab Program Space Suit Briefing March 3, 1970 Preliminary Report on Skylab Experiment M509, (Astronaut SKYLAB SUITS May 14, 1974 Maneuvering Equipment), Skylab Results and Future Applications SHUTTLE SUITS Shuttle Space Suit Development 1970 - 1981 Correspondence Sutton, James G. Shuttle SHUTTLE SUITS September 1973 Extravehicular Life Support Equipment Development of an EVA Systems Cost SHUTTLE SUITS July 1974 Model, Design Guides Synopsis Advanced Extravehicular Systems SHUTTLE SUITS c. 1975 description (AES, AX-2, RX-4) Satellite Services Catalog (Shuttle SHUTTLE SUITS Crew Aids, Devices, Tools and Support April 1983 Equipment JSC-20466, EVA Catalog Tools and SHUTTLE SUITS November 4, 1985 Equipment SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Space Suit Development Summaries 1969, n.d. SubHeading: Box Number: 09 Royal Aircraft Establishment SPACE SUITS - GENERAL (Farnborough) Design Principles of April 1962 Full Pressure Suits Fritz, Eugene Description and SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Evaluation of a Space Vehicle October 1962 Protective Suit Assembly Kimball, Charles R. Pressure Suit SPACE SUITS - GENERAL August 1963 Using Cord Restrained Joint Effective Life Support Helmets, Office SPACE SUITS - GENERAL November 1963 of Naval Research Royal Aircraft Establishment The SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Development of Water Conditioned April 1964 Suits NASA General Working Paper No. 10,058 Comparison and Evaluation of American - Russian Space Suit SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Technological Developments // This January 31, 1966 318 page document is scanned * See Center-SpaceSuits-9-NASA Working Paper No. 10,058.pdf C. C. Lutz, Space Suits and Support SPACE SUITS - GENERAL February 7, 1966 Equipment NASA TN-D-3291, Johnson, Correale, SPACE SUITS - GENERAL and Radnofsky, Space Suit February 1966 Development Status Webb Associates, Bio-Thermal Responses to Varied Work Programs SPACE SUITS - GENERAL November 1966 in Men Kept Thermally Neutral by Water Cooled Clothing Application of Conductive Cooling for SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Working Men in Thermally Isolated c. 1966 Environment Litton Systems, Proposal for a Fabric SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Extravehicular Space Suit Assembly, June 1967 Attachment A ITT Research Institute, Research and Development of Extravehicular SPACE SUITS - GENERAL August 1967 Protective Assemblies, Quarterly Status Report Carlton Control Corporation, Space November - December SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Suit Ventilation Contract NAS9-7646 1967 Arrowhead Products, Shoulder Cable SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Transfer Bearing Assembly Contract 1967 and RFP NAS9-7615 Oral History Transcript Forrest R. SPACE SUITS - GENERAL May 1, 1968 Poole, David Clark Co. Evaporative Cooling Garment System SPACE SUITS - GENERAL June 1968, n.d. Space Suit SubHeading: Box Number: 09 * SPACE SUITS - GENERAL B. F. Goodrich, Design, Development, February 1, 1965 and Fabrication of Prototype Pressure Suits - Final Report * This 108 page document has been scanned SubHeading: Box Number: 10 NAS9-7251, Extravehicular Glove Development Program Technical SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1968 Specification and Final Technical Report Tucker, Elton M. Papers on Space Suit SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1968, n.d. and Life Support System Development Technical Data Package for the SPACE SUITS - GENERAL April 2, 1975 Improved Extravehicular Gloves Man / System Design Requirements SPACE SUITS - GENERAL for Weightless Environments, MSFC c. 1975 STD-512 Hamilton-Standard, Extravehicular SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Mobility Unit (EMU) Cost Proposal, April 1988 Volume II & III SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Life Support Systems n.d. SubHeading: Box Number: 11 SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Crew Equipment Branch Project List n.d. Johnston, Richard and Edward L. SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Hays, The Development and n.d. Operation of Extravehicular Equipment SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Correale, James L. Space Suits December 1962 Johnston, Richard S. Life Support SPACE SUITS - GENERAL n.d. Systems Vykukal, Hubert C. Advanced SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Developments in Hard Space Suit n.d. Technology SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Soviet Space Suits n.d. Space Suit News Releases and Fact SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1976, 1982, 1988, n.d. Sheets NAS9-3642 Contract Supplemental SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1965 - 1968 Agreements NAS9-3642, David Clark Company Technical Proposal, Advanced Design Components for Space Suit SPACE SUITS - GENERAL March 1967 Assemblies (including list of required GFE Equipment and Manpower Loading Charts) NAS9-3642 David Clark Company SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1967, n.d. Cost and Manpower Information NAS9-3642, David Clark Company, Advanced Component Development SPACE SUITS - GENERAL May - November 1967 for Space Suit Development, Monthly Progress Reports NAS9-3642, David Clark Co., Design SPACE SUITS - GENERAL April - August 1967 Review Meeting Minutes NAS9-3642, David Clark Co., Design SPACE SUITS - GENERAL n.d. Study for Pressure Sealing Closure NAS9-3642, David Clark Co., Study SPACE SUITS - GENERAL and Development of Pressure Sealing December 1967 Closure - Final Report NAS9-3642, Evaluation of Thermal SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Grid System Developed by the David November 1967 Clark Company, Inc. SubHeading: Box Number: 12 NAS9-3642, David Clark Co., Thermal SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Grid Development for Liquid Cooled December 1967 Garments NAS9-3642, David Clark Co., Study SPACE SUITS - GENERAL and Development of Mobility Joint - December 1967 Final Report SPACE SUITS - GENERAL NAS9-3642, David Clark Co., n.d. Component Development for Space Suit Assemblies, Master Program Plan SubHeading: Box Number: 13 Wiley Post Winnie Mae Flight Suit SPACE SUITS - GENERAL n.d. Photos SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Mercury Space Suit Photos 1962 Crew Equipment and Life Systems SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1962 Branch Facilities Photos SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Gemini Space Suit Testing Photos 1962 SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Apollo Space Suit Testing Photos 1962 Apollo B Suit Testing Photos John SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1963 Young Apollo Space Suit Testing Photos (4 SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1963 folders) SubHeading: Box Number: 14 Apollo Space Suit Photos - Modified 1965 AX-5H Hamilton Standard SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Gemini Space Suit Testing Photos 1963 - 1964 Urine Collection System and Food Port SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1964 Photos (unknown suit) HT-002 Thermal Garment After SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Exposure in SESL (plume heating) 1964 Photos SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Gemini / Apollo Space Suit Photos 1964 - 1965 Helmet Impact Test Photos (pre - GT- SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1965 4) SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Apollo Space Suit Mobility Test Photos 1965 SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Gemini EVA Space Suit (G-5C) Photos 1966 Apollo RX-3 Hard Space Suit SPACE SUITS - GENERAL 1966 Presentation SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Apollo Space Suit Photos 1966 - 1969 David Clark Co., S-1021 Space Suit SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Assembly Mobility Range Study January 1968 (NAS9-3642) Photos SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Space Suit Photos 1970 - 1972 Gemini EVA Cover Layer Gemini G-2C SPACE SUITS - GENERAL n.d. Space Suit Assembly Photos SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Gemini Space Suit Training Photos n.d. SubHeading: Box Number: 15 MSC (Wright Patterson AFB) Apollo SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Space Suit Donning and Doffing January 8, 1964 (motion picture film, 127 ft) Gemini Space Suit - Apollo CSM SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Mockup Interface (motion picture film, April 30, 1964 8 minutes) RX2A Hard Suit Mobility SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Demonstration (motion picture film, January 26, 1965 227 ft) Apollo Donning and Doffing (motion SPACE SUITS - GENERAL January 28, 1965 picture film, 400 ft) SubHeading: Box Number: 16 Apollo Space Suit Donning and Doffing SPACE SUITS - GENERAL January 28, 1965 (motion picture film, 700 ft) Apollo EMU Status Report (motion SPACE SUITS - GENERAL February 1965 picture film, 18 minutes) RX-3 Hard Suit Qualification LEM SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Ingress and Egress (motion picture March 2, 1967 film, 400 ft) Space Suit Maintenance, Huntsville SPACE SUITS - GENERAL Program? (motion picture film, length n.d. unknown)