Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)
PLSS
1. Portable Life Support System (PLSS)
2. Oxygen Purge System (OPS)
3. Remote Control Unit (RCU)
4. PLSS Tool Carrier Harness
5. Links to related sections of
My Little Space Museum
Portable
Life Support System (PLSS)
pronounced "Pliss"
Very nice photo of Haise's (left)
and Lovell's PLSS (right), rear and front. Note the serial numbers:
#020 for Haise and #021 for Lovell. Lovell's PLSS shows how the system
was packed before being stowed on board the LM. The OPS is a separate
unit that was installed prior ro EVA.
Dimensions:
Width 20.5"
(J-Series PLSS with Auxillary Feedwater
Reservoir)
Length 26.4"
(top to bottom, without OPS)
Above photo courtesy Kipp
Teague's Project Apollo Archive
Above - The innards of a PLSS
Center photo has interior details
labelled
Oxygen Purge System
(OPS)
PLSS Remote Control Unit
(RCU)
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Photos above and first 2 photos below courtesy Mr. Paul Kashuk
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Photo at right shows Jim Irwin in training, with the PLSS clips attached to the EMU.
The 2 "fingers" that would clamp down on the bars on the clips are visible in the center image.
Right photo courtesy Kipp Teague's Project Apollo Archive
PLSS Tool Carrier Harness
Links - for more information on the PLSS
PLSS, OPS & RCU Diagrams & Blueprints
- includes Hamilton Standard blueprints!
NASA EMU Diagrams
My EMU Diagrams - drawn by me
You must also go to the Apollo
Lunar Surface Journal PLSS page
Click
here to return to EMU Gallery