Front Matter

As the Gemini and Apollo programs proceed toward their ultimate goals, the role of man in space becomes more important to the success of the missions. To perform his extra-vehicular assignments, he will be asked to venture from the relatively safe confines of the space capsule to the more hostile environment of space. To determine his effectiveness as well as that of his support equipment, and his compatibility with his assigned mission and the vehicle that will carry him, it is vital that tests be conducted in a simulated space environment.