a_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered NASA photo, dated 19 August 1964)
“Astronaut R. Walter Cunningham places the Seismograph down after walking 90 paces from the simulated instrumentation package.”
Above per the official NASA caption/description on the verso.
“REFLECTING ASTRONAUT—Astronaut R. Walter Cunningham in a Moon suit reflects scientists and engineers in his face cover as he goes through a given task to see how well the suit and the Astronaut can work…Cunningham places the Seismograph down walking 90 paces from a simulated instrumentation package. Cunningham was going through the exercises on the Manned Spacecraft Center grounds at Houston. The exercises were a rehearsal of tasks he is to perform at Bend, Ore., next week.”
Above per the Associated Press slug/caption affixed to the verso, with some sort of indestructible military-grade tape btw.
Based on the excellent information here...
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ILC-SpaceSuits-RevA.pdf
Credit: ALSJ (of course) website
...Cunningham appears (to me) to be wearing an International Latex Corporation (ILC) A-2L suit derivation, depicted as Fig. 2.19, page 25 at the above link, but not with the Gemini boots.
Check out those gloves…damn…no fine dexterity there, and that ankle "joint" looks uncomfortable. However, this was only 1964, and probably pretty damned good for then. ‘Project Management’/Building 2 is in the background.
Very informative:
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Credit: Ken Thomas/Facebook
a_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered NASA photo, dated 19 August 1964)
“Astronaut R. Walter Cunningham places the Seismograph down after walking 90 paces from the simulated instrumentation package.”
Above per the official NASA caption/description on the verso.
“REFLECTING ASTRONAUT—Astronaut R. Walter Cunningham in a Moon suit reflects scientists and engineers in his face cover as he goes through a given task to see how well the suit and the Astronaut can work…Cunningham places the Seismograph down walking 90 paces from a simulated instrumentation package. Cunningham was going through the exercises on the Manned Spacecraft Center grounds at Houston. The exercises were a rehearsal of tasks he is to perform at Bend, Ore., next week.”
Above per the Associated Press slug/caption affixed to the verso, with some sort of indestructible military-grade tape btw.
Based on the excellent information here...
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ILC-SpaceSuits-RevA.pdf
Credit: ALSJ (of course) website
...Cunningham appears (to me) to be wearing an International Latex Corporation (ILC) A-2L suit derivation, depicted as Fig. 2.19, page 25 at the above link, but not with the Gemini boots.
Check out those gloves…damn…no fine dexterity there, and that ankle "joint" looks uncomfortable. However, this was only 1964, and probably pretty damned good for then. ‘Project Management’/Building 2 is in the background.
Very informative:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1EZrBPFqUF/?
Credit: Ken Thomas/Facebook