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    Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) is a small, self-contained, propulsive backpack system (jet pack) worn during spacewalks, to be used in case of...
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    and on a flight test in 1994 of the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER), a safety device worn on tethered U.S. EVAs. NASA planners invented the term extravehicular...
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    Manned Maneuvering Unit (category All articles with bare URLs for citations)
    from use. A smaller successor, the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER), was first flown in 1994, and is intended for emergency use only. The unit featured...
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    14.7 MN (3,300,000 lbf), together 29.4 MN. By contrast, the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) has 24 thrusters of 3.56 N (0.80 lbf) each. In the air-breathing...
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    last use of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). In 1994, the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) was tested on STS-64. On all subsequent spacewalks conducted...
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    Apollo 17 (section First EVA)
    a series of seven EVAs involved untethered activity using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) and the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue Unit (SAFER). Among...
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    Personal Rescue Enclosure was developed for the Space Shuttle. On the ISS the combination of a Space Suit, the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) and...
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    28th EVA of the Space Shuttle program on 16 Sept. During the six-hour, 15- minute EVA, they tested a new backpack called Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER)...
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    successful checkout of the Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) units, the Canadarm (RMS), the Orbiter Space Vision...
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    spacecraft in an emergency. The device, called the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), was designed for EVAs on docked vehicles which would be unable to quickly...
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    1 m/s, and an emergency mode that allows for rotational acceleration of 8°/s^2. The Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) is a smaller backpack propulsion...
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    for up to two years and resized on-orbit to fit various crew members. The ISS EMUs also have increased battery capacity, the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue...
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    American-made spacesuits, and a systems flight test of the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER). Space Shuttle Atlantis circled the Earth 169 times...
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    around Mir over an 18-month period. Godwin and Clifford wore Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) propulsive devices - first flight-tested during STS-64...
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    List of spaceflight records (category Wikipedia articles scheduled for update tagging)
    Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) sorties in 1984 and a test of the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) in 1994, all other orbital spacewalks have involved...
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    providing hardware for Space Station Freedom, from 1988 to 1990; with Paul Cottingham and Ted Christian invented the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), first...
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    International Space Station. Manned Maneuvering Unit Jet pack Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) National Museum of the United States Air Force "Space...
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    from the outside of Mir and tested several components of the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) jet packs. The space walk began at 1:29 pm EDT and ended...
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    current capabilities of NASA's "Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue" (SAFER)—a spacesuit designed for "propulsive self-rescue" for when an astronaut accidentally...
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    is currently worn to be used only in case of emergency: the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER). The 21st century has seen a new approach to jet packs...
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  • Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, a Denver-based marijuana legalization effort Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue, a propulsive backpack system Social Aid for the...
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    free-flyer's systems are derived from the development of the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) backpack. The AERCam's thrusters, basic avionics, solid-state...
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    Laboratory utilizes virtual reality to supplement the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) as simplified aid. The VR training offers a graphical 3-dimensional...
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    Manned Maneuvering Unit, and on a flight test in 1994 of the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) device. The single pilot of Soyuz 1, Vladimir Komarov...
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  • partially left a spacecraft. Entries for moonwalks are shown with a gray background while entries for all other EVAs are uncolored. All spacewalks have...
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    Multifiltration Beds (WFB), a galley rack to be placed in Unity, and a Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) pack. Science experiment equipments include Mouse Habitat...
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    sixty-six EVAs have been from Quest. However, all NASA references verify that only sixty-five EVAs have been from Quest, as of the Expedition 18 EVA on 112...
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    including major launches and EVAs. Launched aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur on October 15, 1997, Cassini was active in space for nearly 20 years, with 13 years...
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    Medal for his efforts. The crew conducted further repairs via two spacewalks (extravehicular activity or EVA). The crew stayed in orbit with Skylab for 28...
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    Palestinians in Gaza today". In October 2024, Medical Aid for Palestinians released a statement calling for the protection of Palestinians against potential...
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