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LEHIP

LEHIP

LEHIP - LED EMU Helmet Interchangeable Portable light

LEHIP is a completely redesigned version of the EHIP helmet light using the latest thermal management, DC to DC power conversion and LED technology.

The LEHIP operates in an environment where the temperatures range from approximately -250°F to +250°F.

Summit Products designed and manufactured the LEHIP Lights.

LEHIP in use

Partially inside, partially outside the Quest airlock on the International Space Station, astronaut Alvin Drew prepares to begin his shared spacewalking duties with astronaut Steve Bowen.
NASA astronauts Michael Good (foreground) and Garrett Reisman, both STS-132 mission specialists, are surrounded by International Space Station hardware during the flight's final spacewalk.
NASA astronaut Alvin Drew, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 34-minute spacewalk, Drew and NASA astronaut Steve Bowen (out of frame), mission specialist, installed the J612 power extension cable, move a failed ammonia pump module to the External Stowage Platform 2 on the Quest Airlock for return to Earth at a later date, installed a camera wedge on the right hand truss segment, installed extensions to the mobile transporter rail.
A Russian cosmonaut on the International Space Station borrowing the LEHIP Yoke Assembly with the ERCA Camera System.

In the photo you can see the Russian LED Lights below the LEHIPs. The Russians now use the LEHIP on every EVA (spacewalk).