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No spacesuits for future cosmonauts
Published: 21 June, 2010, 13:07
Computer-generated image of a suggested variant of Rus spacecraft.
Crews of the spaceship Rus, which is now in development, may have standard space suits replaced with individual sealed capsules.
The capsules would be closed tight from the inside with a special airtight zipper, chief designer of the Zvezda space firm, Sergey Pozdnyakov, said in an interview to Interfax news agency.
The Rus crew members would stay inside this “egg-like” shelter during the dangerous stages of a flight, he said.
The space designer added that the futuristic idea is now in the early stages of development and may not be given the green light. Russia’s space agency is yet to present their requirements to life support systems of the Rus.
Zvezda is a subcontractor of Energia, the head developer of Russia’s next-generation piloted spacecraft, which is expected to replace the Soyuz capsules. They will make crew seats and life support systems for the new craft.
The Rus project won a tender in 2009 and the involved producers are now preparing technical documentation for it. The spacecraft will be partially re-usable, with crew capsule capable of performing up to ten launches.
Flight tests for the Rus are scheduled for 2015.
21.06.2010, 12:02
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