full-pressure suit

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• full-pressure suit — A suit that completely encloses the body and in which a gas pressure sufficiently above ambient pressure for the maintenance of function can be sustained …   Aviation dictionary

• Pressure suit — A pressure suit is a protective suit worn by high altitude pilots who may fly at altitudes where the air pressure is too low for an unprotected person to survive, even breathing pure oxygen at positive pressure. Such suits may be either full… …   Wikipedia

• partial-pressure suit — A pressure suit that does not cover the head, hands, and feet of the wearer. It is normally worn by pilots on high altitude missions. The suit opposes internal pressures, helps in pressure breathing, and protects the wearer during explosive… …   Aviation dictionary

• Advanced Crew Escape Suit — The Advanced Crew Escape Suit, or ACES, is a full pressure suit currently worn by all Space Shuttle crews for the ascent and entry portions of flight. The suit is a direct descendant of the U.S. Air Force high altitude pressure suits worn by the… …   Wikipedia

• Space suit — A space suit is a complex system of garments, equipment and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. This applies to extra vehicular activity (EVA) outside spacecraft orbiting… …   Wikipedia

• Constellation Space Suit — Project Constellation space suits. Configuration One suit at left, Configuration Two suit at right. The Constellation Space Suit was a planned full pressure suit system that would have served as an intra vehicular activity (IVA) and Extra… …   Wikipedia

• Gemini space suit — The Gemini space suit is a space suit worn by astronauts for launch, in flight activities (including EVAs) and landing. It was designed by NASA based on the X 15 high altitude pressure suit, and has been used since Gemini, in various forms, by… …   Wikipedia

• Flight suit — situations, for its practicality.HistoryAs aviation developed in unheated open cockpits, the need for warm clothing quickly became apparent, as did the need for multiple pockets with closures of either buttons, snaps, or zippers to prevent loss… …   Wikipedia

• Dry suit — A dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation or passive thermal protection to the wearer while immersed in water,[1][2][3][4] and is worn by divers, boaters, water sports enthusiasts, and others who work or play in or near cold water. A dry… …   Wikipedia

• Diving suit — Two divers, one wearing a 1 atmosphere diving suit and the other standard diving dress, preparing to explore the wreck of the RMS Lusitania, 1935 A diving suit is a garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment.… …   Wikipedia

• Atmospheric diving suit — Divers do not even need to be skilled swimmers.The ADS has variously been referred to as an armored diving suit, armored diving dress, articulated diving suit, Iron Duke, Iron Mike, and deep sea diving robot . The term atmospheric diving suit… …   Wikipedia