WSGC NASA Internship Final Report

Autor/innen

  • Tessa Rundle Carthage College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17307/wsc.v1i1.168

Schlagworte:

NASA Internship, Space Suits

Abstract

This report describes the activities carried out during a 10-week, full-time internship at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. As an intern on the Space Suit Assembly (SSA) Development Engineering team, I contributed to several ongoing projects related to the advancement of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) space suits. Current EVA suits were designed for limited activities and usage time, and projected requirements of future exploration missions necessitate research into new suit components and materials. During my internship, I contributed mainly to the testing protocol for upcoming High-Performance EVA Glove (HPEG) testing, tasks for Z-2 suit testing, and studied the effects of radiation on space suit materials.

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2017-01-11

Zitationsvorschlag

Rundle, T. (2017). WSGC NASA Internship Final Report. Proceedings of the Wisconsin Space Conference, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.17307/wsc.v1i1.168

Ausgabe

2016: Beyond the Horizon

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Physics and Engineering

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