April 2026
Rethinking the spacesuit as a biological system
...into development from the outset Modern extra vehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits are among the most demanding life-support ... injury risk and reduced operational efficiency. For short-duration EVAs, such trade-offs have been accepted. But as human...
February 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
... actually put them outside! During my stay, there were three EVAs (extra-vehicular activity) or spacewalks, so my colleagues Butch and... outside three times. We found that the best way to train for EVAs on Earth is to be in a pool, under water - it’s ...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
.... In general, short-duration human extra vehicular activities (EVA) of a few hours at a time outside of the...an artificial habitat, with relatively few opportunities to go outside on EVA, the habitat itself would need to be designed with safety and...
December 2018
Asgardia at Escape Velocity 2018
...most popular attraction was undoubtedly the 1:1 scale replica of the EVA pod, a project designed and fabricated by famed special effects...been put on public display. In addition to the stunning EVA Pod, a working HAL 9000 wall panel was demonstrated by...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
... technicians have to wear to fuel a satellite with the toxic hydrazine, which makes them look like astronauts on an EVA, is a visual testimony of the need for this research. AM on the other hand offers significant reduction of waste material...
February 2016
Space for Art
... then squishing as it set into the thin glowing blue line of our atmosphere. Nicole Stott during her EVA in 2009 on the STS-128 Space Shuttle mission in support of assembly of the International Space Station I couldn’t help...
