g_v_bw_o_n (1965 Goodyear PR photo, no. 00717-365, 65030226)
“LIKE A BIG SILVER TOP -- A technician at Goodyear Aerospace Corporation’s Arizona Division test inflates a Ballute safety device which will be used in the two-man NASA Gemini mission should the flight be aborted during launch or re-entry. When fully inflated through four vents, the device -- fabricated of aluminum-coated nylon -- reaches 48 inches in diameter. The Ballute is designed to stabilize the astronauts until they can reach an altitude where conventional parachutes are deployed. It was designed by Goodyear Aerospace under contract to McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, prime contractor for the Gemini spacecraft.”
g_v_bw_o_n (1965 Goodyear PR photo, no. 00717-365, 65030226)
“LIKE A BIG SILVER TOP -- A technician at Goodyear Aerospace Corporation’s Arizona Division test inflates a Ballute safety device which will be used in the two-man NASA Gemini mission should the flight be aborted during launch or re-entry. When fully inflated through four vents, the device -- fabricated of aluminum-coated nylon -- reaches 48 inches in diameter. The Ballute is designed to stabilize the astronauts until they can reach an altitude where conventional parachutes are deployed. It was designed by Goodyear Aerospace under contract to McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, prime contractor for the Gemini spacecraft.”