Strizh

Strisch (Russian Стриж for swifts ) is a Soviet space suit, which was developed for the crew of the space shuttle Buran from the Sokol suit the Soyuz crews. The suit should the crew of the Buran take -off and landing and the astronauts would in an emergency to protect at a possible exit to the ejection seat. The suit is designed for a height up to 40 km and a speed of Mach 3. The Buran was fitted with ejector seats of the type K- 36rs. In the first flights of the U.S. space shuttle Enterprise and Columbia, this was also the case. After STS- 4, these seats have been removed.

The Strisch spacesuits have an outer shell made of olive-colored rubber-coated nylon fabric and are provided with connecting piece for electric air and cooling connections. A hood with a visor is mounted on an anodized aluminum ring. The lower arms are attached with adjustable lacing on the upper arms. The removable finger gloves have rubber and are equipped with leather on the palms. Pockets on the legs are meant to take survival equipment such as knives, a gun or another. The suit is equipped with a pressure gauge on the left side and a compensation valve in the middle.

The Strisch suit and matching ejection seat K36RB (Russian К36РБ ) were tested between 1988 and 1990 at five - offs Progress (Progress 38 to 42 ).

A modified type is used in the Russian Air Force on aircraft that can reach great heights, but are not equipped with pressurized cabins.

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• Isaac P. Abramov, A. Ingemar Skoog: Russian Space Suits. Springer -Praxis, 2003, ISBN 1-85233-732- X
• Wokrug Sweta: A brief history of the emergence and development of Soviet and Russian space suits (Russian)