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“APOLLO GARMENT--Test subject wears Apollo overgarment designed especially for astronauts on lunar surface missions. The overgarment is worn over the Apollo space suit. Specially designed cover for backpack is not worn in this photograph.”
See page 34. A fascinating document:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ILC-SpaceSuits-RevA.pdf
Credit: ALSJ website
Also note the interesting lunar overshoe design, this apparently being boot design no. 1. Excellent information regarding it, per the following extract from “Moon Boot: The story of the Apollo lunar overshoe and the race to walk on the moon”, by David H. Mather, published 2014 by “Space Effects”, UK:
“By mid-1964 continued development of the AX1L resulted in the A-4H suit which was supplied with heavy and restrictive thermal overgarments. This early prototype suit was notable for the fact that it featured the first of the three eventual and distinct lunar boot designs. The A4H boots were worn over the pressure suit and outer thermal protection, and took the form of slippers held on by Velcro straps. The thermally insulating sole was made of a composite material that consisted of a shoe bottom with 1” (25mm) spacers separating the bottom from the top portion. This created a raised platform and distanced the astronaut from the heat and cold of the lunar surface.”
At:
issuu.com/moonandspace/docs/moon_boot
Credit: issuu website
The above citation/reference in no way constitutes my endorsement of the book, although it does look pretty damned good to me.
Last, but NOT least, I think the test subject is Benjamin Cole, Hamilton Standard engineer.
a_v_c_o_AKP (S-65-17254)
“APOLLO GARMENT--Test subject wears Apollo overgarment designed especially for astronauts on lunar surface missions. The overgarment is worn over the Apollo space suit. Specially designed cover for backpack is not worn in this photograph.”
See page 34. A fascinating document:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ILC-SpaceSuits-RevA.pdf
Credit: ALSJ website
Also note the interesting lunar overshoe design, this apparently being boot design no. 1. Excellent information regarding it, per the following extract from “Moon Boot: The story of the Apollo lunar overshoe and the race to walk on the moon”, by David H. Mather, published 2014 by “Space Effects”, UK:
“By mid-1964 continued development of the AX1L resulted in the A-4H suit which was supplied with heavy and restrictive thermal overgarments. This early prototype suit was notable for the fact that it featured the first of the three eventual and distinct lunar boot designs. The A4H boots were worn over the pressure suit and outer thermal protection, and took the form of slippers held on by Velcro straps. The thermally insulating sole was made of a composite material that consisted of a shoe bottom with 1” (25mm) spacers separating the bottom from the top portion. This created a raised platform and distanced the astronaut from the heat and cold of the lunar surface.”
At:
issuu.com/moonandspace/docs/moon_boot
Credit: issuu website
The above citation/reference in no way constitutes my endorsement of the book, although it does look pretty damned good to me.
Last, but NOT least, I think the test subject is Benjamin Cole, Hamilton Standard engineer.