System which crew member could use, in emergency, to safely return to earth is described; astronaut, after activating his life support system, is ejected from station; operation of space parachute system which consists of retro-rocket, expandable re-entry structure, life support unit, survival provisions, and communications beacons; when expanded, re-entry structure is blunted cone with base radius of 12.5 ft, nose radius of 10 ft, and semivertex angle of 45°.
Emergency escape from space station
Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sciences
American Astronautical Society -- Advances in the Astronautical Sciences ; 16 , Part 1 ; p 680-692
1963
13 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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