Forgotten Hardware: How to Urinate in a Spacesuit

Autor/in	Hollins, Hunter
Titel	Forgotten Hardware: How to Urinate in a Spacesuit
Quelle	In: Advances in Physiology Education, 37 (2013) 2, S.123-128 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1043-4046
DOI	10.1152/advan.00175.2012
Schlagwörter	Space Exploration; Physiology; Sanitation; Males; Human Body + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weltraumforschung; Physiologie; Betriebshygiene; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Menschlicher Körper
Abstract	On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to fly in space. Although National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had discounted the need for him to urinate, Shepard did, in his spacesuit, short circuiting his electronic biosensors. With the development of the pressure suit needed for high-altitude and space flight during the 1950s, technicians had developed the means for urine collection. However, cultural mores, combined with a lack of interagency communication, and the technical difficulties of spaceflight made human waste collection a difficult task. Despite the difficulties, technicians at NASA created a successful urine collection device that John Glenn wore on the first Mercury orbital flight on February 20, 1962. With minor modifications, male astronauts used this system to collect urine until the Space Shuttle program. John Glenn's urine collection device is at the National Air and Space Museum and has been on view to the public since 1976. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10