National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Exploration EVA System

Concept of Operations Summary
for Artemis Phase 1 Lunar Surface Mission

EVA-EXP-0075

EVA Exploration Workshop

Dave Coan, EVA Operations & Engineering Specialist
February, 2020
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 Agenda
• Returning to the Moon and Artemis Architecture for EVA
• EVA-EXP-0042, The Exploration EVA Concept of Operations
• Exploration EVA System Capability Overview
• Human Landing System and Surface Mobility
• Environment for Notional Landing Site
• Phases of Exploration EVA Operations
• Notional Design Reference EVA Scenarios for Development of the xEVA Con Ops
• Contingency & Rescue Operations
• Closing Remarks on the Exploration EVA System Concept of Operations
• Questions & Answers

“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure
the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.”
– John F. Kennedy

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 Returning to the Moon

Space Policy Directive – 1

December 11, 2017
“Beginning with missions beyond low-Earth orbit, the United
States will lead the return of humans to the Moon for long-term
exploration and utilization, followed by human missions to Mars
and other destinations.”

5th Meeting of the National Space Council

March 26, 2019
“Fifty years ago, “one small step for man” became “one giant leap
for mankind.” But now it’s come the time for us to make the next
“giant leap” and return American astronauts to the Moon,
establish a permanent base there, and develop the technologies
to take American astronauts to Mars and beyond.”
“…it is the stated policy of this administration and the United
States of America to return American astronauts to the Moon
within the next five years.”
“And today, the National Space Council will recommend that
when the first American astronauts return to the lunar surface,
that they will take their first steps on the Moon’s South Pole.”

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 Artemis Architecture for EVA on Lunar Surface

Artemis Phase 1 Artemis Phase 2

• “Artemis III” initial crewed mission during lunar daylight with two • Includes both longer lunar daylight missions and mission extending
crewmembers landing on the surface through lunar night, with four (or more) crew landing on the surface
• Surface stay duration: 6.5 days (~156 hr) • Longer extended missions during lunar daylight (~14 Earth days)
• 2 – 5 surface EVAs • Sustainable long duration missions during lunar day & night (~42
Earth days to 6+ months)
• Exploration excursions of up to a 2 km radius away from the lander • Exploration excursion distances from lander/habitat increased with use
(TBR) of unpressurized rovers and eventually pressurized rovers

From “Forward to the Moon: NASA’s Strategic Plan for Human Exploration”, 4 Sept 2019 From “Forward to the Moon: NASA’s Strategic Plan for Human Exploration”, 4 Sept 2019

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 EVA-EXP-0042, The Exploration EVA System Concept of Operations
The Exploration EVA System Concept of Operations (EVA-EXP-0042) captures NASA’s
current Exploration mission architecture options, concepts of operations, stakeholder
expectations, and high level definition of the prospective capabilities and interfaces
associated with performing an Extravehicular Activity (EVA) using the Exploration EVA
System – including an Exploration EVA Suit – during future missions to all potential
Exploration destinations.
EVA-EXP-0042 lays out the lunar surface con ops for EVA, including the science objectives
driving the mission and the xEVA System capabilities needed to successfully complete the
operations.
The current version (EVA-EXP-0042 Revision A) can be found on the public site SAM.gov,
and it is now being updated to include more details for the Artemis Program lunar surface
missions.
A presentation on EVA-EXP-0042 can be found on the 2019 EVA Exploration Workshop
page on the NASA Suit Up site.

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 xEVA System Capability Overview
The Exploration EVA (xEVA) System allows crewmembers to conduct excursions outside a habitable
vehicle in order to perform exploration, research, construction, servicing, and repair operations.
The xEVA System will enable and help accomplish the science goals for lunar surface missions.
The system includes the xEVA suit, the Exploration Servicing, Performance and Checkout Equipment
(xSPCE), and the Flight Support Equipment (FSE).
A few key xEVA surface suit capabilities include, but are not limited to, as follows:

General & Durations

• Rear-entry spacesuit
• Suit pressures range from 0.4 psid to 8.2 psid, with a nominal EVA pressure of 4.3 psid
• Supports EVAs of up to 8 hours in duration (6±2 hours)
• Capability to operate for up to 2 hours of contiguous exposure in a shadowed area, including Permanently
Shadowed Regions (PSRs)

Mobility
• Translation via walking, crawling/scrambling on hands and knees, and climbing ladders
• Walking up/down/across a slope of up to 20° and on traverses of up to 2 km away from the lander
(depending on terrain)
[Note: Apollo 14 walked ~1.45 km from the lander, and Apollo 15 traversed on slopes of ~17°]
• Traversing down into and out of craters, volcanic terrains, and shadowed regions
• Performing tasks while standing and kneeling
• Capacity to carry some tools on the suit (attached directly or via a harness)

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 xEVA System Capability Overview
Audio Communications and Imagery
• Ability to record communication and video onboard the suit in case of loss of
signal with the Mission Control Center (MCC)
• All audio, video, and integrated xEVA suit still imagery will be recorded with
timestamp
• Hills, boulders, craters, and other natural obstacles may require the use of
EVA-deployable comm repeaters
• Still photography is required and may be completed by the integrated xEVA
suit info camera or supplemental equipment (e.g., a hand-held camera)

Visibility & Lighting

• Lights will support visual sight of suited astronaut boots, ground ahead, EV
partner in a PSR, lander, and the EV worksite
• Primary lights are helmet-mounted, but may be supplemented by ancillary
lights (e.g., flashlight) and/or lights on surface assets

Advanced Informatics
• For Phase 2, the xEVA suit will include an informatics system with a heads-up
display type of capability that will allow for viewing of procedures, imagery,
navigation data, suit data, possibly augmented reality cues, etc.

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 xEVA System Capability Overview

Tools
• Mobility/transportation
• Construction
• Geology (e.g., hammer, tongs, scoop, rake, etc.)
• Contingency

Other
• Operate within vehicles with the potential
following nominal saturation atmosphere set
points:
• 14.7 psia with 21% O2
• 10.2 psia with 27% O2
• 8.2 psia and 34% O2
• Crew able to “self-don/doff” suit (nominal ops
efficiency and contingencies associated with
incapacitated crew or failure to repress the
vehicle cabin

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 Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU)
The Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) is the dedicated EVA suit system design for use during lunar flight
dynamic phases (if needed), microgravity EVAs, and lunar surface excursions.
Reference the NASA Suit Up site: https://www.nasa.gov/suitup

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 Single Suit Architecture for Lunar Surface Descent/Ascent and EVA
In order to save on mass and conserve volume, the xEVA System is examining utilizing a single
suit system architecture for Human Landing System (HLS) operations during descent, EVA, and
ascent.

Vehicle-Loop Mode (VLM)

• For dynamic flight phases during descent and ascent operations
• Crew remove the Exploration Primary Life Support System (xPLSS) and install closed-loop
umbilical(s) between the Exploration Pressure Garment System (xPGS) and host vehicle for
power, data, ventilation, and thermal control
• xPGS will protect astronauts during lunar ascent/descent rapid depress contingency event
• Crew are not expected to be suited for longer than 12 hours at any one time, therefore
they may not be suited during the full duration of the descent or ascent
• A Crew Restraint System (CRS) may be used during certain dynamic phases in order to
safely stabilize the crew and relieve some loads
• xEMU (including gloves and helmet) will be compatible with the HLS controls and systems
that are required to be actuated during dynamic operations

EVA Mode
• Suit is configured with the xPLSS to provide life support during lunar surface excursions

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 Human Landing System (HLS)
Select EVA Key Attributes
• Capability to support up to 5 EVAs during the lunar surface
stay
• Capability to support EVAs of up to 8 hours (6±2 hours) in
duration each
• Appropriate volume to don, doff, and maintain the suits
• A minimum EVA hatch opening of 1.02 x 1.53 m (40x60 in)
• Allowance for performing incapacitated crewmember
operations
• A cabin atmosphere that would allow for the shortest
prebreathe and require the least amount of crew time (likely
8.2 psi and 34% O2)
• Layered engineering defense protocols for lunar dust
• Volume and mass launch capacity for returning sample
collected
• Margin to bring back EVA equipment from the lunar surface
• Total crew time in space, from Orion launch to landing, is
expected to fall within 25-34 days, based on vehicle
performance and launch opportunities
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 Extended Surface Mobility (Rovers)
Unpressurized Rover Pressurized Rover
• An unpressurized rover (UPR) allows for longer traverses • A single pressurized rover allows for multi-day excursions,
within an EVA day, as long as the distance is balanced with with distance limited by a fully recharged suit walk back
suit consumables • Dual pressurized rovers allow for multi-day excursions
• May be included in Phase 1 (TBD) or deferred until Phase well beyond an suit walk back constraint, presuming one
2 missions rover can rescue the other
• Potential for the UPR to have some limited EVA • Included in Phase 2
consumables recharge capability (e.g., O2)

Note: Rover plans are still in development, and these bullets not indicative of any final direction for Artemis

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 Environment for Notional Landing Site @ Connecting Ridge

Landing and Exploration sites will be

near the Lunar South Pole
Green circle represents
a 2 km radius buffer
surrounding the highest
illuminated point on the
ridge
Credit: Sarah Deitrick, Amy
Jagge, Andrew Britton

Slope value (o)

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 Phases of xEVA Operations

5) Surface Ops Prep 9) Maintenance 10) Ascent Prep

(“Road-to EVA”)

4) Descent &
6) Pre EVA 8) Post EVA 11) Ascent &
3) xEVA Suit Assembly Landing Prep Suit Inspection Docking
and Checkout in Prebreathe Consumables Recharge
Lunar Orbit
7) EVA
Egress & Setup
Surface EVA Tasks 12) Post Docking
Cleanup & Ingress
Ops

2) Earth
Launch &
13) Post Flight
Mission
Processing &
Logistics
1) Preflight Evaluations
Testing &
Training

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 Preflight Testing & Training

• Technique and task

development
• Timeline and procedure
development
• Suit sizing
• Flight-specific training
• Assigned astronauts
• Flight control team
• Procedure verification
testing
• Pre-acceptance testing
• Bench reviews and
functional checks
• Readiness reviews
RAINING
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 Earth Launch & Mission Logistics

• Mass allocations and stowage for the xEVA System is a challenge

• The majority of the hardware is planned to be launched on an uncrewed cargo vehicle, Gateway
module, or HLS separate from the Orion crew launch
• xEVA suits
• xSPCE and FSE
• Tools
• Spares
• Crew may bring some astronaut specific items (i.e. gloves) and any required suit modification kits

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 EVA Suit Assembly and Checkout in Lunar Orbit
EVA Suit Assembly and Checkout
• Unpack xEVA equipment from launch stowage containers and
assembly in HLS
• Checkout xEMU and xSPCE (e.g., O2, battery, cooling, comm,
umbilical power, etc.) in HLS
• Gross on-orbit fitcheck verification and sizing adjustments of the
xEMUs
• Potential “stand-up EVA” – testing the processes for prebreathe,
cabin depress, hatch opening, suit ops in vacuum, and repress –
to verify all systems

EVA Suit Configuration for Descent

• Configure the xEVA suit into vehicle-loop mode for descent to
lunar surface
• Checkout the xEMU xPGS in vehicle-loop mode
• Complete any stowage tasks or other xEVA hardware activities
required prior to undock and descent
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 Descent & Lunar Landing (Lander Dynamic Flight Ops)

Prep for Dynamic Flight Ops

• Prior to departure from Gateway and/or lunar descent, crew saturation
to lower pressure environment to reduce prebreathe may begin

Suited Times During Descent (Notional)

• Considerations
•
• Astronauts must be able to sleep during the descent and ascent portions
• xEMU certified for 12 continuous hrs in VLM (dependent on host vehicle)
• Gloves and helmet should be removed when not needed
• Crew will be saturating to vehicle atmosphere during descent
• Notional suited times during descent
• Fully suited and pressurized for undocking
• Remove suits for/during Descent Orbit Insertion (DOI) burn
• Unsuited for Powered Descent Initiation (PDI) burn
• Get suited again (no helmets or gloves) during Braking phase
• Partially suited (no helmets or gloves) for Approach Phase
• Fully suited and pressurized for Terminal Descent
• Fully suited and pressurized for Touchdown Phase

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 Prep for Surface Ops (“Road-To EVA”)

Upon touchdown on the lunar surface, crew doff their suits and prepare the HLS cabin
and xEVA hardware for surface operations, including converting the xEMU to EVA
configuration .

xEVA System Prep

Crew convert xEMU from VLM (descent/ascent config) to EVA config
– Configure xPGS with xPLSS and install on don/doff assembly
– Connect to xSPCE w/umbilical
– Perform pre-EVA checkout and consumable charge (O2, Feed water, Power)

Lander/Airlock Prep Notional concept of 2 xEMU suited

crew beside xSPCE inside HLS Lander
– Confirm HLS Lander vehicle systems are appropriately configured
– Cabin O2 monitoring during Purge is assumed to be done by vehicle

EVA Task & Systems Prep

– Complete EVA tool configuration and cabin/airlock prep
– Conduct pre-EVA conference and procedure study
– Stage ancillary hardware and external hardware to deploy
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 Pre-EVA Ops (Prep & Prebreathe on Day of EVA)

EVA Prep
• Suit initialization and power up on vehicle power
• Suit Donning
• Suit Checkout
• Primary and backup systems checkout
• Final suit fitcheck

EVA Prebreathe
• Purge
• Removes N2 from suit
• Prebreathe
• Surface EVA protocols are in development
• May make use of vehicle saturation atmosphere, prebreathe time and/or
exercise, and the ability of the suit to operate for periods at higher delta
pressures

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 EVA: Egress & Setup
Depress
• Initiate cabin/airlock/suitlock depress
• Crew depress HLS cabin

Egress
• Open hatch (at least 40x60 inches)
• Descend ladder, stairs, or ramp to get to the surface
• Crew may bring some equipment, such as geology tools,
with them from inside the cabin as necessary

Post Egress Setup

• Destow/offload anything brought on the exterior of the
vehicle
• Tools and equipment (sample collection tools and
instruments)
• Equipment transport system
• Set up dust mitigation kit
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 EVA: Lunar Excursion Ranges
Dual Pressurized Rover Range Single Pressurized Rover Range
~100 km ~12 km
Notes: (< 8-hr walk back)
• Presume rovers are capable of rescuing each other Notes:
• Not constrained by suit walk back • Presumes time available to rest and fully
• Allows for multi-day/week excursions recharge suit for a walk back that may
take nearly a full EVA
• Allows for a multi-day excursion
Unpressurized Rover Range
~10 km
(~5 hr walk back)
Notes:
• Distance must be balanced with suit
consumables remaining
• Apollo 17 drove 7.6 km from lander

Walking Range
2 km
Notes:
• Assumes ~2 km/hr walking pace on
relatively level regolith Notes:
• Does not account for slope or obstacles • Does not stack failures – if the vehicle
(boulders) fails, the suit is presumed to function
• Distance may decrease due to terrain or nominally (and vice-versa)
operational considerations • Secondary O2 on suit provides an
• Apollo 14 walked 1.45 km from lander additional hour of gas
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 EVA: Surface Engineering Tasks

Prepare Equipment for Exploration

• Offload equipment from landers
• Load equipment onto transport system
• Maintain equipment and transport system

Construct Surface Infrastructure

• Transport tools and equipment
• Deploy and align antennas and comm repeaters, route and connect power and communication lines
• Connect modular elements; install/remove fasteners, electrical connectors, and fluid connectors
• Prepare surfaces and grade regolith

Assemble and Maintain Equipment

• Install/remove fasteners, electrical connectors, and fluid connectors
• Remove dust and clean equipment
• Repair equipment

Prepare Ascent Vehicle

• Offload equipment
• Transfer equipment and samples from transport system to ascent vehicle
• Clean equipment and vehicle
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 EVA: General Science Regions of Interest for Exploration

Craters Permanently Shadowed Regions Volcanic Terrain

• Impact craters, pit craters • Acquisition of ice water and volatiles • Ingress into, perform science tasks,
samples exit lava tube/flow
• Descend into, perform science tasks,
ascend out (with appropriate equip) • Goal of 2 hours inside of shadowed • May require equipment ancillary to
regions the xEVA suit

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 EVA: Surface Science Tasks

Observations Data Collection Emplacement

• Macro-scale (regional) • Handheld (in-situ) instrument • Science payload deployment
context measurements
• Micro-scale (local) context • Geotechnical measurements

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 EVA: Surface Science Tasks

Rock Sample Acquisition & Curation Regolith Samples Acquisition & Curation Specialized Sample Acquisition & Curation
• Float: rocks that are loosely adhered to the • Bulk: representative loose surface material • Volatile Samples
surface [Scoop] [Specialized tools and containers]
[Tongs / Rake] • Core: cylindrical sample of regolith at • Atmospheric Samples
• Chip: piece of rock forcibly removed from depth [Specialized tools and containers]
a larger rock [Drive Tube / Drill]
[Hammer / Chisel] • Surface: undisturbed material from the
• Core: cylindrical samples of a rock top ~1mm surface
[Core Drill and Bit] [Surface Sampler]

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 EVA: Cleanup and Ingress
Cleanup
• EVA Crew return to the foot of the lander
• Stow tools, samples, experiments, carriers

Dust Mitigation
• Limit amount of dust transferred into the cabin
• Clean hatch, tools, bags, suits
• Multi-layered approach
• In some contingencies, dust removal will not be possible prior to ingress

Ingress
• Hook up to fall protection (if required) and ascend ladder, ramp, or other mechanism
• Open hatch thermal/dust mitigation cover and ingress the lander
• Transfer and stow lunar samples
• Connect umbilicals to xEVA suit and switch to vehicle power
• Close EV hatch
• Begin repress (end of EVA)

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 Post EVA and Maintenance

Post EVA
• Repress lander/airlock
• Utilize HLS ECLSS to remove any particulates in atmosphere
• Doff xEVA suit
• Clean suits
• Perform inspection of suit
• Remove additional dust and bag xEMU as required to prevent migration
• Recharge consumables (O2, H2O, power)
• Download required xEVA suit data

Maintenance
• No preventative maintenance required on initial lunar surface mission
• Swap spares as needed

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 Prep for Ascent and Ascent (Lander Dynamic Flight Ops)

Prep for Ascent

• Reconfigure xEMU for dynamic operations during lander ascent and docking
• Perform umbilical EVA as require to discard xPLSS, waste, and other disposables not
required for return

Ascent from Lunar Surface

• Considerations
• Astronauts must be able to sleep during the descent and ascent portions
• xEMU certified for 12 continuous hrs in VLM (dependent on host vehicle)
• Gloves and helmet should be removed when not needed
• Notional suited times during ascent
• Fully suited and pressurized during powered ascent/liftoff
• Remove suits during and for phasing orbit for return to Gateway in NRHO
• Unsuited during cruise from phasing orbit to NRHO
• Partially suited (no helmets or gloves) during rendezvous with Gateway
• Fully suited and pressurized during docking phase to Gateway
• Prior to docking, crew stow the parts of the xEVA System not being used during docking,
and prep cabin

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 Post Docking Ops and Post Flight Processing & Evaluations
Post Docking Ops (Stowage & Logistics)
• Disassemble xEVA suit for long term stowage in Gateway or leave in
lander for disposal
• Transfer samples and returning xEVA hardware to Gateway and Orion
• If the lander is to be disposed of, EVA will advocate for salvage of any
possible xEVA System hardware Gateway can accommodate

Post Flight Processing & Evaluations

• Post-flight testing consists of flight hardware returned from orbit for
examination of system and component function, health and life
• Evaluations include failure investigations
• A thorough set of lessons learned, anomaly reports, and failure
investigation reports will lead to action plans to improve the xEVA
system design, processes, team communication, training, procedures,
etc.
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 Notional Design Reference EVA Series for xEVA Con Ops Development

Surface Day 1 Surface Day 5

• Landing on lunar surface • EVA 3
• Road-to EVA: xEVA System, lander, and EVA prep • 6 hours (egress to ingress)
• EVA tasks (notional):
Surface Day 2 • Acquire samples from Ejecta Blanket
• EVA 1 • Traverses extend further from lander, walking up to 2
• 6 hours (egress to ingress) km away up/down slops of up to 20°
• EVA tasks (notional):
• Contingency sample Surface Day 6
• Public affairs • EVA 4
• Experiment package deploy • 6 hours (egress to ingress)
• Sample acquisition • EVA tasks (notional):
• Traverses stay relatively close to the lander • Deploy geotechnical instrument
• Deploy environmental monitoring station for
Surface Day 3 ISRU
• EVA 2 • Traverses extend further from lander, walking up to 2
• 6 hours (egress to ingress) km away up/down slops of up to 20°
• EVA tasks (notional):
• Characterize PSRs Surface Day 7
• Acquire samples from PSRs • EVA 5
• Traverses extend further from lander, walking up to 2 • 1 hour (egress to ingress)
km away up/down slops of up to 20° • Prep for ascent (configure suit to VLM)
• EVA tasks (notional):
Surface Day 4 • Jettison hardware Credit: Amy Jagge
• Day off from EVA • Ascent from surface to Gateway/Orion & Andrew Britton

NOTE: All EVAs are conceptual/notional only and are strictly for development of the xEVA system con ops, and not indicative of any actual flight plan or official mission profile

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 Notional Design Reference EVA for xEVA Con Ops Development
EV1 EV2
• Switch from vehicle power to suit battery power • Switch from vehicle power to suit battery power
• Open hatch and egress • Open hatch and egress
Egress & Setup • Descend to surface • Transfer any tools brought inside HLS to the surface
• Configure equipment transport system and tools on suit • Descend to surface

• Walk downslope towards PSR at located A’ • Walk downslope towards PSR at located A’
Traverse to EB • Radial traverse distance is ~1 km, slopes range up to ~16° • Radial traverse distance is ~1 km, slopes range up to ~16°

Sampling from EB • Conduct context observations, with imagery and verbal descriptions • Set up sampling tools from transport system
Deploy Instrument • Acquire sample as directed by MCC Science Team • Deploy geophysics instrument

• Walk downslope towards PSR at located A’, begin descent into crater • Walk downslope towards PSR at located A’, begin descent into crater
Traverse to Crater • Radial traverse distance is ~1.5 km, slopes range up to ~12° • Radial traverse distance is ~1.5 km, slopes range up to ~12°
• Conduct context observations and plan route into PSR • Conduct context observations, with imagery and verbal descriptions
Sampling in Crater
• Deploy environment monitoring station • Acquire sample as directed by MCC Science Team
Deploy Station • Ready tools for sampling in PSR [e.g., core drill]
• Walk down into PSR at located A’ • Walk down into PSR at located A’
Traverse into PSR • Radial traverse distance is ~2 km, slopes range up to ~20° • Radial traverse distance is ~2 km, slopes range up to ~20°
• Starts 2-hour thermal clock • Starts 2-hour thermal clock
• Conduct context observations, with imagery and verbal descriptions • Conduct context observations, with imagery and verbal descriptions
Sampling from PSR • Acquire sample as directed by MCC Science Team [e.g., core] • Acquire sample as directed by MCC Science Team [e.g., core]

• Walk back upslope towards the HLS at located A • Walk back upslope towards the HLS at located A
Traverse to HLS • Radial traverse distance is ~2 km, slopes range up to ~20° • Radial traverse distance is ~2 km, slopes range up to ~20°

• Deploy comm antenna • Route and mate power cables to comm antenna
Maintenance • Align antenna

• Stow tools and equipment • Stow tools and equipment

• Transfer science samples up to lander hatch • Conduct dust mitigation
• Conduct dust mitigation • Ascend to lander hatch
Cleanup & Ingress • Ascend to lander hatch and ingress • Transfer science samples up to lander hatch
Note: Details on EVA Timelines can be found in the
• Attach servicing umbilcals • Ingress lander and attach servicing umbilcals “Preparation for Lunar Training and Execution”
• Close hatch and repress
NOTE: All EVAs are conceptual/notional only and are strictly for development of the xEVA system con ops, and not indicative of any actual flight plan or official mission profile
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 Contingency EVAs and Rescue Operations
EVA Ops
• EVA self-rescue (suit issue)
• Incapacitated crewmember rescue
• Decompression Sickness (DCS) and emergency recompression
• Contamination
• Radiation
• Loss of communication Notes
• Loss of transportation (rover issue) • Does not stack failures – if
the vehicle fails, the suit is
presumed to function
HLS nominally (and vice-versa)
• Secondary O2 on suit
• Cabin depress in microgravity provides an additional
• Descent abort hour of gas
• Cabin repress failure post EVA
• Cabin depress while on lunar surface

Gateway
• Docking hatch failure and contingency transfer via EVA

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 Exploration EVA System Concept of Operations

Extravehicular Activity, from Lunar Orbit to the Surface of the Moon

The Exploration EVA System will enable up to 5 lunar surface excursions outside the lander
during a 6.5 day Artemis III mission in 2024.
Crewmembers will be able to conduct EVAs of up to 8 hours in duration, while walking up to
2 kilometers away from the lander and on terrain of up to a 20° slope. They will perform
tasks standing, kneeling, and possibly on hands and knees.
EVA crewmembers will conduct both engineering tasks (construction, maintenance, repair)
and science tasks on the surface. They will acquire samples from craters, Permanently
Shadowed Regions, volcanic terrain, and ejecta blankets. They will also deploy experiment
packages and environmental monitoring stations.
This concept of operations will evolve as the Artemis mission becomes more defined and
the design of the xEVA System matures, with updates made to EVA-EXP-0042 to reflect
changes.

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