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Pima Air and Space Museum
Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment Assembly (TMG)
The TMG is part of the extravehicular spacesuit worn by astronauts during spacewalks. It protects the wearer against solar radiation, extreme temperatures, micrometeoroids, and other orbital debris. Small flecks of paint or millimeter-sized micrometeoroids traveling at thousands of miles per hour can depressurize a suit or vehicle, potentially killing an astronaut.
8.) Restraint Assembly Phase VI Glove
The second layer of the TMG spacesuit glove is the restraint assembly. This layer provides internal protection, with standing human induced pressure loads incurred during operational use.
Endeavour Flyover - Stitched sequence of images as the space shuttle flew over Moffett Field, California. Though we got a clear view from where we were standing to see the space shuttle, it was still a bit too far away to get a clear photo of the craft.
Space shuttle discovery sits on the launchpad the night before her final launch. This photo was taken about 15 minutes after the Rotating Service Structure was rotated away.
Sonic boom heard in Tampa as Space Shuttle Discovery flies over to land at Kennedy Space Center on March 24, 2009.
Discovery's liftoff from as seen from USF, Tampa.
I missed the first several seconds thanks to me goofing the camera setup. Argh.
Science Museum of Virginia
When a spacecraft re-enters the Earth's atmosphere from space, friction is generated between the surface of the craft and the atmosphere's air molecules. This results in heat. To protect the Space Shuttle, approximately 33,000 white and black tiles, made of silica fiber compound, cover its undersurface, the leading edge of the vertical tail, and the area around the crew windows. These protective tiles allow the Space Shuttle to be flown again and again.
Pima Air and Space Museum
International Space Station Model
The International Space Station (ISS) is a modular habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative effort between five different space agencies including NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), CSA (Canada), and ESA (European Union). The ISS serves as a microgravity research facility, conducting scientific research relating to astronomy, physics, meteorology, astrobiology, and various other fields. The first component of the ISS was launched in 1998 and has been inhabited continuously since 2000.
Pima Air and Space Museum
Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment Assembly (TMG)
The TMG is part of the extravehicular spacesuit worn by astronauts during spacewalks. It protects the wearer against solar radiation, extreme temperatures, micrometeoroids, and other orbital debris. Small flecks of paint or millimeter-sized micrometeoroids traveling at thousands of miles per hour can depressurize a suit or vehicle, potentially killing an astronaut.
8.) Restraint Assembly Phase VI Glove
The second layer of the TMG spacesuit glove is the restraint assembly. This layer provides internal protection, with standing human induced pressure loads incurred during operational use.
Pima Air and Space Museum
Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment Assembly (TMG)
The TMG is part of the extravehicular spacesuit worn by astronauts during spacewalks. It protects the wearer against solar radiation, extreme temperatures, micrometeoroids, and other orbital debris. Small flecks of paint or millimeter-sized micrometeoroids traveling at thousands of miles per hour can depressurize a suit or vehicle, potentially killing an astronaut.
8.) Restraint Assembly Phase VI Glove
The second layer of the TMG spacesuit glove is the restraint assembly. This layer provides internal protection, with standing human induced pressure loads incurred during operational use.