Detail View: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection: Wheelchair

Name of Image: 
Wheelchair
Full Description: 
NASA-developed aerospace computerized structural-analysis techniques and aerospace composite materials have resulted in an advanced wheelchair that weighs only 25 pounds. With only half the weight of a normal wheelchair, this advanced wheelchair is as strong and durable as a 50-pound stainless steel wheelchair yet can be easily collapsed forauto stowage. Its features include a seat, wheelguards, dynamic brakes, shaped hand rims, and a footrest with smooth contours to aid in opening doors.
Date of Image: 
1998-01-01
Category: 
Benefit from NASA
term: 
Wheelchair
facet_where: 
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Reference Number: 
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #: 
9801817
NIX #: 
MSFC-9801817
MSFC Negative Number: 
9801817
UID: 
SPD-MARSH-9801817
original url: 
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1902