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Design concepts for the Centrifuge Facility Life Sciences GloveboxThe Life Sciences Glovebox will provide the bioisolated environment to support on-orbit operations involving non-human live specimens and samples for human life sceinces experiments. It will be part of the Centrifuge Facility, in which animal and plant specimens are housed in bioisolated Habitat modules and transported to the Glovebox as part of the experiment protocols supported by the crew. At the Glovebox, up to two crew members and two habitat modules must be accommodated to provide flexibility and support optimal operations. This paper will present several innovative design concepts that attempt to satisfy the basic Glovebox requirements. These concepts were evaluated for ergonomics and ease of operations using computer modeling and full-scale mockups. The more promising ideas were presented to scientists and astronauts for their evaluation. Their comments, and the results from other evaluations are presented. Based on the evaluations, the authors recommend designs and features that will help optimize crew performance and facilitate science accommodations, and specify problem areas that require further study.
Document ID
19900040436
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sun, Sidney C.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Horkachuck, Michael J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Mckeown, Kellie A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1989
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
SAE PAPER 891527
Accession Number
90A27491
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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