The started assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) and its further operation will call for a great number of @entity3457 ( @entity3457 ) to be performed by ISS crews. Therefore, of great importance is to make use of the @entity3457 experience gained by cosmonauts in the process of 15-year operation of the @entity11216 orbiting station (OS). Over the 15-year period, @entity11216 crewmembers wearing Orlan type semi-rigid space suits have accumulated 158 @entity1 /sorties from the orbiting station. Crewmembers used 15 suits in orbit and some of the suits were in operation for more than 3 years. The paper presents principal design features, which provide effective and safe operation of orbit-based suits, and briefly describes procedures for preparation and maintenance of suit systems, which ensure long-term operation of space suit in orbit. The paper gives results of the space suit modifications, presents suit performance characteristics and lists novel or upgraded components of the space suit and its systems. The paper also summarizes improvements in the Orlan type suits described in some earlier publications. They refer, in the first run, to the improvement of space suit operations characteristics and reliability, and the utilization of the Orlan type space suit in the ISS program. The paper analyses the experience gained and drawbacks detected and observations made, and gives statistical data on long-term space suit operations aboard the @entity11216 station. The paper reviews certain problems in the process of EVAs performed from the station, and describes the ways of their solution as applied to the further utilization of the suit within the ISS program.

Long-term operation of "Orlan" space suits in the " XXXX " orbiting station: experience obtained and its application.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['man'] @entity3457 :: ('OMIM:612348', 'Disease') :: ['EVA', 'extravehicular activity sorties'] @entity11216 :: ('220972', 'Gene') :: ['Mir']
@entity11216 :: (220972,Gene) :: ['Mir']
