NASA TECHNICAL ecenber 1974 MEMORANDUM NASA TM X~64855 MSFC SKYLAB EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT Skylab Program Office NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Center, AlabamaACKNOWLEDGEMENT Development of the Skylab EVA system was the result of dedicated work by a diverse team of personnel from both government and industry. The author wishes to thank the staff of the MSFC Neutral Buoyancy Simulator; C.M. Lewis and D.L. Turpen of the Marshall Center; the mai flight crew and support personnel at Johnson Space Center that participated in the development; and personnel of: Grumman Aerospace Corp., Teledyne Brown Engineering, URS-Matrix, Martin Marietta Aerospace, and McDonnell Douglas Astronautics-Eastern Division. Special thanks are given to Harry B. Beazley of Martin Marietta Aerospace for his dedicated assistance in preparation of this report. ai‘TABLE OF CONTENTS KNOWLEDGEMENT . TABLE OF CONTENTS ss eeceesecseseeeeeseeeeeeeeseeees LIST OF TLLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES ... NON-STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS. .... SECTION T INTRODUCTION ..... SECTION IT BACKCROUND ......04+ A. Workshop Evolution ... B. ATM Evolution .. SECTION IIT EARLY CLUSTER CONCEPT - EVA EGRESS FROM AM . A, Cluster Configuration B. EVA Requirements and Guidelines . C. Workstations and Canister Access D. Transfer and Translation Concepts ...- SECTION IV FINAL WET WORKSHOP CONCEPT - EVA EGRESS FROM IM veees A, Cluster Configuration .. B. EVA Requirements and Guidelines . C. Workstations and Canister Access D. Transfer and Translation Concepts .... SECTION V DRY WORKSHOP CONCEPT - EVA EGRESS FROM AM A. Cluster Configuration B. EVA Requirements and Guidelines .....esee+ C, Workstations and Canister Access D. Transfer and Translation Concepts . SECTION VI CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .. aad Page cree vii,