To address this issue, Jacobs is developing the Spacesuit Evaporation Rejection Flight Experiment (SERFE). Such a wide temperature range poses a problem for Moon-walking astronauts. The average temperature on the moon can range from –298 degrees F in shadow to 224 degrees F in the sun. A new generation of spacesuit technology, the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (圎MU), will be constructed of more modern, lightweight, yet durable materials that protect against sharp lunar soil fragments. Walking on the Moon requires well-designed and well-tested spacesuits to not only protect astronauts from harsh and deadly vacuum environments, but also to provide water and breathable air. Orion will launch atop NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System, in a test flight, Artemis I, which will lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in 2022.Īrtemis Spacesuit Technology Development and Validation We successfully performed numerous tests around technical condition scenarios and fully certified the system for approved use on NASA’s Orion crew vehicle.įor NASA’s launch abort system project, we worked across five NASA centers to help develop and successfully test the reliability of the abort system for Orion. Our team fully developed and tested the Orion re-entry parachutes system that will slow down the capsule from more than 26,000 mph to less than 25 mph. We are a key partner in ensuring Orion is as safe as possible from launch to re-entry and through to splashdown. NASA’s Orion crew vehicle is designed with reliable launch escape systems, redundant re-entry parachute systems, and a robust capsule heat shield.
Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will transport four crew members to space, provide emergency abort capability, and fully sustain the crew to the Moon and back to Earth.
Orion Crew Vehicle Safety Systems and Life Supportįor 15 years, Jacobs has been a supporting partner with NASA and Lockheed Martin developing NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
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