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Delivering the first spaceflight medical airway suction device
NASA program via Krug Life Sciences (Wyle) · Years to be confirmed
- First
- spaceflight medical airway suction device
- 2
- flight platforms: ISS and Space Shuttle
- XX months
- from design to flight
Situation
Crewed spaceflight needed an airway suction device that would work in microgravity, on both the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle, where failure was not an option.
Mandate
Lead development of the device through flight qualification
What John did
- Led life-support device development under NASA flight standards
- Coordinated across NASA, contractor and medical stakeholders
- Took the device from design through to flight on the ISS and the Shuttle