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Armstrong_pre_Gemini_spacesuit

The Gemini space suit is a space suit worn by astronauts for launch, in-flight activities (including EVAs) and landing. It was designed by NASA based on the X-15 high-altitude pressure suit, and has been used since Gemini, in various forms, by the U.S. Air Force and NASA on U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird high-altitude flights and on the Space Shuttle. All Gemini spacesuits were developed and manufactured by the David Clark Company in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Uploaded on June 28, 2009
Taken on January 9, 2006