The Berkut (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

Беркут, meaning ''

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'') is a

space suit A space suit or spacesuit is a garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space, vacuum and temperature extremes. Space suits are often worn inside spacecraft as a safety precaution in case of loss of cabin pressure, ...

model developed to be used for

extravehicular activity Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable Earthlike atmosphere, the astronaut is completely reliant on a space suit for environmental support. EVA in ...

for the

Voskhod 2 Voskhod 2 (russian: Восход-2, , ''Sunrise-2'') was a Soviet crewed space mission in March 1965. The Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable air ...

mission aboard a

Voskhod spacecraft The Voskhod (, ''"Sunrise"'') was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for human spaceflight as part of the Voskhod programme. It was a development of and a follow-on to the Vostok spacecraft. Voskhod 1 was used for a three ...

on the first spacewalk. It was developed by

NPP Zvezda JSC Research & Development Production Enterprise Zvezda, or R&D PE Zvezda (russian: Научно-производственное предприятие "Звезда", НПП Звезда, Nauchno-Proizvodstvennoye Predpriyatiye "Zvezda", NPP ...

in 1964–1965. It was a modified SK-1 suit. It was only used by the Voskhod 2 crew.

Specifications

The suit had two pressurization settings, one at 0.27 atmospheres and the other at 0.40 atmospheres (nominal mode). Life support was contained in a back pack, which had a large enough oxygen supply to last for 45 minutes of activity. Movement within the suit was seriously restricted. *Name: Berkut Spacesuit *Derived from:

SK-1 spacesuit SK-1 is an initialism of "Skafandr Kosmicheskiy" # 1 (Скафандр Космический = "diving suit for space") is a spacesuit that was developed specially for Yuri Gagarin. As such, it is the first spacesuit ever used. After his succes ...

*Manufacturer:

*Missions:

*Function: Intra-vehicular activity (IVA) and

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al Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) *Operating Pressure: *Suit Weight: *Backpack Weight: *Total Weight: *Primary Life Support: 45 minutes

References

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Encyclopedia Astronautica The ''Encyclopedia Astronautica'' is a reference web site on space travel. A comprehensive catalog of vehicles, technology, astronauts, and flights, it includes information from most countries that have had an active rocket research program, f ...

* http://galspace.spb.ru/museum-1.php?foto_page=38

External links

Video of Voskod 2 mission (Russian)

Photo of Berkut space suit at Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow (38 & 39)

Photo of outermost layer removed
Soviet and Russian spacesuits {{Mech-engineering-stub