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Subject: From ‘cavewalking’ to spacewalking
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:53:50 +0000
From: European Space Agency <[email protected]>
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From ‘cavewalking’ to spacewalking
From ‘cavewalking’ to spacewalking
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22-10-2019 03:17 PM CEST
From ‘cavewalking’ to spacewalking Image:
It might not be obvious, but there are many similarities between working
deep underground and in outer space.
Just as with spacewalks, underground ‘cavewalks’ require safety
tethering, 3D orientation, careful planning and teamwork. Cave explorers
need to stay alert in an environment where they are deprived of natural
light and every move is a step into the unknown.
ESA’s CAVES
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training course has been taking astronauts below Earth’s surface and
prepared them to work safely in an environment where the terrain,
climate and climbing techniques pose high demands.
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is seen here, to the left, hanging over 200
m of void and closely monitored by certified speleology instructor Marco
Vattano during her descent. After a week of preparations, Jeanette
explored a cave in Slovenia where she lived and worked for six days with
five other ‘cavenauts’.
Jeannette follows NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, who became the first
woman to participate in CAVES in 2016 and who recently starred in an
all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
The procedure for moving along a cave wall strongly resembles
spacewalking. “You have to be very aware of the position of your body
and what is around you. If you hit something or miss a step, the
consequences are critical,” explains NASA astronaut Mike Barratt in this
video
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about his CAVES adventure back in 2013.
As a veteran spacewalker, Mike points out how working in darkness along
a handrail and using safety tethers at all times was quite similar to
walking in space using the Russian Orlan spacesuit. Managing stress and
taking decisions in an alien environment over long periods is exhausting.
As with a launch and landing in a spacecraft, entering and exiting from
a cave are the most critical moments. Caves are hostile environments and
the crew could face situations where the intervention of speleologists
with advanced technical skills could be required to prevent accidents.
Qualified personnel were always close by, while all equipment is
regularly checked by a fellow explorer – a buddy-check.
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, a veteran ‘cavewalker’ and spacewalker,
will step out into space for his first spacewalk of the Beyond mission
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in November tasked with repairing and enhancing the ‘dark matter’
hunting AMS-02 instrument – a structure never designed to be maintained
in orbit. Before then he will support a series of spacewalks from inside
the Station to upgrade the Station's power capacity.
Read more about CAVES on our dedicated website
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and in the blog
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