The increased government and private space activities have necessitated the development of new space suits for intravehicular and extravehicular activity.  This Session will review the status of these developments.

Chair: Chris Hansen, Manager, NASA Extravehicular Office, USA

Organizer: Michael Lopez-Alegria, Retired Astronaut, Principal, MLA Space, USA

Panelists:

• CAPT Dan Burbank, USCG (ret), Retired Astronaut, Senior Technical Fellow, Collins Aerospace, USA

• Joe McMann, Retired NASA EVA Suit Engineer, Principal, Olde Irish Consulting,USA

• Kathleen Rubins, PhD, NASA Astronaut, USA

(Open to invited students and faculty only)