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Deployable Extravehiclar Activity Platform (DEVAP) for Planetary SurfacesThe Deployable Extra-Vehicular Activity Platform (DEVAP) is a staging platform for egress and ingress attached to a lunar, Mars, or planetary surface habitat airlock, suitlock, or port. The DEVAP folds up into a compact package for transport, and deploys manually from its attached location to provide a ramp and staging platform for extra-vehicular activities. This paper discusses the latest development of the DEVAP, from its beginnings as a portable platform attached to the Lunar Outpost Pressurized Excursion Module (PEM) in the Constellation Lunar Surface Systems scenarios, to the working prototype deployed at the2011 NASA Desert Research and Technology Studies (D-RATS) analog field tests in Arizona. The paper concludes with possible future applications and directions for the DEVAP.
Document ID
20150005499
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Howe, A. Scott
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Merbitz, Jerad
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Kennedy, Kriss
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Gill, Tracy
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Tri, Terry
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Liolios, Sotirios
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Lynch, Amanda
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Walsh, Edward
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
April 10, 2015
Publication Date
September 11, 2012
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Lunar Surface Systems (LSS)
Lunar electric rover (LER)
habitat pressure vessels

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