NASA NTRS · 20150005499
Deployable Extravehiclar Activity Platform (DEVAP) for Planetary Surfaces
Abstract
The 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.
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Howe, A. Scott, Merbitz, Jerad, Kennedy, Kriss, Gill, Tracy, Tri, Terry, Liolios, Sotirios, Lynch, Amanda, Walsh, Edward. 2012-09-11. Deployable Extravehiclar Activity Platform (DEVAP) for Planetary Surfaces. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150005499
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