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5 unusual facts about Orlan


Orlan

In the "MesuRages," and in later work, Orlan made great use of her "Trousseau".

She was invited to be a scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, for the 2006-2007 academic year.

Progress M-54

It also carried the radio transmitter for the RadioSkaf satellite, which was assembled aboard the ISS using a retired Orlan spacesuit.

Progress M1-11

Its cargo included an Orlan spacesuit, a replacement flex hose for the Destiny module, a new Elektron oxygen generator with spare parts for the Elektrons already aboard the ISS, some oxygen generator candles, spare batteries, new fire detection and suppression systems, a gas analysis system, cameras, data cassettes, and an external experiment package for the Zvezda module, Matreshka.

Symbiotica

Past research residents and collaborators at the lab have included Kira O%27Reilly, Orlan and the Critical Art Ensemble.


Hard Upper Torso

A Hard Upper Torso Assembly, or HUT, is a central component of several space suits, notably Roscosmos' Orlan and NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU).

Kirov class

Kirov-class battlecruiser, Project 1144 Orlan missile-armed cruisers built for the Soviet Navy in 1980 and serving now in the Russian Navy;

V2 Institute for the Unstable Media

Scientists, artists researchers, theorists and organizations that have collaborated with V2 include: Stelarc, Orlan, Symbiotica, Dick Raaymakers, Michel Waisvisz, Francisco López, Brian Massumi, Manuel de Landa, Paul Virilio, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Knowbotic Research, Rem Koolhaas.


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