GROUND UNIT FOR LANDING AND EVACUATION OF ASTRONAUTS Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B64G1/52 

FIELD: aviation.

SUBSTANCE: proposed device contains a tower (1), a lifting device (2), a gallery of evacuation (3), power supports (4), a protective structure (5), a crew boarding cabin (not shown), a rotating cabin (7), a stationary cover (8), and a hydraulic drive (9). In the initial position, the lifting device (2) is at the bottom, and the cabin (7) with the cover (8) is moved to the cabin of the space vehicle. The arrived crew is lifted to the landing level by the device (2) and through an elevator hall, a technical zone, a pre-purification zone and a purity zone passes into the space vehicle cabin. In the normal situation after the engines are started, upon the contact sensor, the rotary sections of the cover (8) close, and the cabin (7) is retracted to the extreme position. In the emergency situation, just before the start, the cabin (7) is moved by the hydraulic pneumatic drive (9) to the head part of the carrier, from which the crew from the gallery (3) is moved into the protective structure (5).

EFFECT: providing protection of space vehicle cabin against unfavourable environmental factors, improved safety of astronauts' evacuation in emergency situations and improved quality of crew cleaning, calculation, portable equipment, and tooling before servicing of the space vehicle cabin.

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