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Completed TRL 3 (started at 3, targeting 7)
Exploration (Lunar and Mars) surface Extravehicular Activities (EVA)s will have physically and cognitively demanding tasks for crew with high injury risk. In addition, crews will perform a larger quantity of EVAs with far less rest between EVAs than ever before. The Spacesuit Fit & Injury Technologies (SFIT) work develops suit-independent, generalizable tools to predict, monitor, and mitigate EVA crewmember injury. The SFIT project will prioritize technology development based on the Injury Modes and Effects Analysis (IMEA) to mitigate highest impact spacesuit fit and injury modalities/scenarios.
Suited injury characterization, prediction, monitoring, and mitigation technologies will enable planning, training, operations, and system design for all suited mission phases in an Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit and for anticipated crewmember capabilities and anthropometries. Once established, validated tools from the Spacesuit Fit & Injury Technologies (SFIT) project will be provided to the Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP) to inform suit design(s), training, and operations.
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