NASA’s new Prada-designed space suit looks like an Apollo dupe, but it’s so much more
when the designers at Collins Aerospace created suits for the Apollo 15 mission. Back then, red stripes were added to the ...
National Geographic news3 年
How Space Suits Are Evolving for Missions Beyond the Moon
Apollo: Custom-tailored for a single lunar mission, with boots made for moonwalking, Apollo-era suits were the first equipped with a life-support system. EMU: The Extravehicular Mobility Unit has ...
Space.com on MSN3 天
What brand of golf ball did Alan Shepard hit off the moon? The world may never know
Villagomez was gifted the ball by Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to fly into space, fifth human to walk on the ...
National Geographic news2 个月
How flight suits have evolved to keep astronauts safe in space
Space suits—designed to provide oxygen and consistent ... travels to the moon in our July cover story “50 years after Apollo 11, a new moon race is on.” ...
Time5 年
Rarely-Seen Photos From Apollo 11's Mission to the Moon
wp:paragraph --> After 50 years, you’d think there is no picture of the historic Apollo 11 moon ... Module early in the mission. Buzz is wearing his intra-vehicular suit, designed to be as ...
The Drive3 年
Unsung Heroes of Apollo-Era Moon Missions: the GM-Designed Lunar Rovers
Fifty years ago today, Apollo 15 mission commander David R ... partly hindered by spacesuits that were 21 layers thick. Moving in the suits was exhausting, costing the astronauts precious ...
Time6 年
How Neil Armstrong's Moon Spacesuit Was Preserved for Centuries to Come
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