Back Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue German Ayuda simplificada para rescate EVA Spanish سامانه کمکی پیش‌رانش Persian Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue French Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue Italian セルフレスキュー用推進装置 Japanese Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue Dutch

Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue

Astronaut Rick Mastracchio working with a SAFER system attached.
SAFER

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 emergency only. If an untethered astronaut were to lose physical contact with the vessel, it would provide free-flying mobility to return to it. It is worn on spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS), and was worn on spacewalks outside the Space Shuttle. So far, there has not been an emergency in which it was needed.[1][2] SAFER is a small, simplified version of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), which was used for regular maneuvering.[3]

  1. ^ NASA (2000). "STS-92 Day 8 Highlights". NASA. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
  2. ^ APOD (2001). "Astronomy Picture of the Day A Flying Astronaut Over Earth". NASA. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
  3. ^ NASA (1993). "SAFER Assembly". NASA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2008.

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