AIR-LOCK, INCORPORATED — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: Under Phase 1 of subject SBIR, Air-Lock, Incorporated will design a self donning and doffi
AIR-LOCK, INCORPORATED — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $97,636
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CT
- Period
- 2011-02-18 → 2011-09-29
Description
Under Phase 1 of subject SBIR, Air-Lock, Incorporated will design a self donning and doffing Rear Entry Hard Upper Torso (REHUT) that interfaces with a suit port. This design will allow suited, pressurized crewmembers to mate/demate their suits to/from suit ports located on lunar or planetary habitats, rovers, etc. This is a significant activity because it minimizes concerns over dust entering the habitat during crewmember entry/exit and it maximizes the habitat's working volume by eliminating the need for airlocks. For the purpose of this SBIR, the baseline architecture being will focus on NASA JSC's MK-III advanced spacesuit and the suit port being utilized by the Lunar Electirc Rover (LER).