Personal Egress Air Pack

Personal Egress Air Packs (English for Personal egress air packs, abbreviation PEAPs ) were used aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle. You should ask the astronauts about six minutes of breathable air in case of error on the ground available. This is not ensured by a compressed air supply, but the device should filter out the cabin air.

The PEAPs moved after the crash of the space shuttle Challenger in the public eye. After the finding of the team portion of the Challenger was discovered that three of the six PEAPs were activated, the. Mission Specialist Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist Judith Resnik and the pilot Michael Smith Based on the location of the switch on Smith's unit was suspected that his PEAP was turned on by Resnik or Onizuka. The conclusion was that at least two crew members had survived the separation of the cockpit from the rest of the ferry. At a pressure loss of the cabin PEAPs would, however, not sufficient to supply the crew during the two-minute crash with sufficient air.

The Personal Egress Air Packs were the introduction of the launch entry suits, which were in turn replaced by the Advanced Crew Escape Suit, superfluous.