title: Design to safety: experience and plans of the Russian space suit programme.
abstract: The paper presents the analysis of the Russian experience gained in the operations of Salyut-6, 7 and Mir orbital stations. The main factors determining their effectiveness and safety are considered and the main requirements to the EVA suit, as the most important tool for the EVA, are formulated.
authors.affiliation: MEE Zvezda, Tomilino, Russia.
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Severin
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D018480:Astronauts / Q000193:education; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D018478:Extravehicular Activity; D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016272:Occupational Health; D012426:Russia; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends*; D019442:Space Suits / Q000639:trends*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014586:USSR; D014893:Weightlessness