Lunar Dust Effects on Spacesuit Systems Insights from the Apollo Spacesuits
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Lunar Dust Effects on Spacesuit Systems Insights from the Apollo Spacesuits Roy Christoffersen SAIC, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas John F. Lindsay The Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas Sarah K. Noble NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Mary Ann Meador Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Joseph J. Kosmo Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas J. Anneliese Lawrence Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia Lynn Brostoff Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Amanda Young National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Terry McCue Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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