ILC Dover Houston Designs and Builds a Space Suit Simulator for NASA’s NEEMO Project

Sept. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- Houston, TX— ILC Dover, a world leader in flexible materials and inflatable 3-D structures, announced today from their Houston Texas office they designed and built a space suit simulator for NASA’s Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) project.  The short-fused effort allowed NEEMO aquanauts to attach Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) tools to their SCUBA rigs in an arrangement that simulates both the manner and cross-sectional displacement of the operational space suit.  The neutrally buoyant design, called a Waist Ring Workstation (WRW) was intended to improve the fidelity of the NEEMO project as an analog for space exploration.  “The (workstations) that you guys built were exactly what we asked for and we were very happy with what you delivered” said NASA astronaut NEEMO 15 aquanaut  Mike Gernhardt.

About ILC Dover

Since 1947, ILC Dover has provided engineered solutions to complex customer problems, serving the aerospace, personal protection and pharmaceutical industries.    Known for production of space suits for NASA, ILC is a world leader in the use of high-performance flexible materials, allowing for unique solutions to meet customer needs.   ILC’s innovative products have been used on the moon, on Mars, and around the globe.

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