NASA-LLIS-0555
Lessons Learned – Breathing air system/CO2 wash out
| Organization: | NASA |
| Publication Date: | 17 June 1997 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 2 |
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Description of Driving Event:
During an Extravehicular activity training exercise involving pressurized operations in a Extravehicular Mobility Unit, the subject suffered symptoms of high concentrations of CO2. The primary cause of the physiological symptoms experienced in the training exercise was insufficient air flow to remove carbon dioxide from the facial area of the helmet in the space suit.
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