Gemini spacesuit

Gemini G3C spacesuit

The Gemini space suit was an American space suit that was worn in various stages of development and designs by space travelers on board the Gemini space ships and during space exits .

Technical specifications

The manufacturer of the suit was the David Clark Company . The suit is made up of 23 layers of fabric and weighs 13 kilograms. The suit was fitted to the skin and was able to dissipate 1,465 kJ (= 350 kcal ) of body heat and 456 ml of sweat per hour.

Problems during space flights

The aerospace specialists initially assumed that an astronaut would, at most, perform about as much physical exertion as a tennis player during an external mission. Its usefulness was proven by extensive heat and pressure tests, but the spacesuit was only partially suitable for work in space. Above all, moving in space cost the astronauts so much effort that sometimes the completely overstrained air conditioning failed. Eugene Cernan reported after his Gemini-9 mission that working in space was five times as strenuous as training on earth.

Astronaut Maneuvering Unit

In addition to the Gemini spacesuit, there was also a jet backpack, the Astronaut Maneuvering Unit . However, it was never actively used in space.

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↑ Kenneth S. Thomas, Harold J. McMean: US Spacesuits . Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York 2006, ISBN 0-387-27919-9 .
^ ^A ^b Matthias founder, Horst Hoffmann, Gerhard Kowalski: SOS in space . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2001, ISBN 978-3-89602-339-1 , pp. 83-85 .

[US-Spacesuits-1] Kenneth S. Thomas, Harold J. McMean: US Spacesuits . Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York 2006, ISBN 0-387-27919-9 .

[SOS_im_All-2] A ^b Matthias founder, Horst Hoffmann, Gerhard Kowalski: SOS in space . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2001, ISBN 978-3-89602-339-1 , pp. 83-85 .