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I don't know what she's done to him, but she has gotten the man so worked up, he has steamed up the faceplate of his space suit helmet.
I really doubt that an astronaut would put on a real spacesuit and go walking around in public with it. Actually he was going around promoting a new attraction at Kennedy Space Center that takes riders on a realistic experience of lifting off into space
Apollo Spacesuit, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Titusville, FL. This is close-up detail of the spacesuit that belonged to the one they call Neil... Armstrong that is. The red and blue fittings are the connection between the suit and the life support pack each astronaut carried with him from the moment the suit was put on prior to boarding the spacecraft.
iss072e518423 (Jan. 23, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit's reflection is pictured on the helmet visor of a spacesuit in this photograph he took inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
Kansas Cosmosphere
[Displayed here is the suit worn by astronaut Wally Schirra during training for his MA-8 mission. It resembles the suits worn by Alan Shepard during Mercury-Redstone 3 (May 5, 1961) and Gus Grissom during Mercury-Redstone 4 July 21, 1961).]
Cozy Cocoon
The Mercury suit weighed 22 pounds and had four layers that held in oxygen and kept out heat, cold, and seawater. Padding in the helmet protected the astronaut's head and dulled the roar of liftoff. Each suit was custom-made for its wearer and had 13 zippers for snug fit.
When the suit was pressurized, its joints and gloves became very stiff. Because of this, the gloves were shaped so that nine of the astronaut's fingers automatically gripped the capsule's control stick. The tenth finger stuck out straight so he could push buttons.
Cool oxygen entered through a hose near the waist and flowed through ducts in the arms, legs, torso, and helmet to carry away moisture, body heat, and exhaled carbon dioxide. Used air exited through a hose at the back of the helmet. The Mercury capsule's Environmental Control System (ECS) cleaned and cooled the air and circulated it back to the suit.
Mercury Space Suit
Last Line of Defense
The Mercury capsule's snug cabin protected the astronaut from the rigors of spaceflight and the harsh space environment. If, however, the capsule malfunctioned for example, if its oxygen leaked into space the Mercury astronaut could fall back on his last line of defense, his silver space suit.
The Mercury space suit was continuously improved between July 1959, when NASA awarded the B. F. Goodrich Company the contract to make Mercury suits, and May 1963, when Project Mercury ended.
Consultant Tailor
Each Mercury astronaut had a technical specialty area. Wally Schirra's was the Mercury suit and ECS. He was a good fit for the job because the Mercury suit was based on the Navy's Mark IV pressure suit, Schirra had worn as a Navy jet pilot. He probably had more Mercury suits made for him than any other astronaut. Each time technicians altered the suit design, they made one for Schirra that included the change so that he could try it out. He called himself the "Consultant Tailor."
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Shuttle garment worn by Dr P Scully-Power
Paul Scully-Power is an oceanographer. While a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a Payload Specialist. The mission launched on 5 October 1984 and landed 13 October 1984. Scully Power conducted a series of oceanography observations during the mission.
Payload Specialists were generally selected for a single specific mission and were chosen outside the astronaut training process. They were not required to be United States citizens, but had to be approved by NASA and undergo rigorous training. In contrast, Mission Specialists were selected as astronauts first and then assigned to a mission
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A modified version of the USAF high altitude suit. From "NASA - A Human Adventure" at Tekniska museet in Stockholm.
NASA astronaut John Glenn wore this spacesuit when he made history in 1962 as the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. His spacesuit was developed from the U.S. Navy Mark IV pressure suit and selected in 1959 by NASA for use in the Project Mercury.
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Who can resist something this cool? A young visitor to the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service's (SITES) show "Suited for Space" gets close up to an x-ray of an Apollo-era spacesuit. These x-rays now allow conservators and engineers to "see inside" the complicated spacesuit.
The image was taken at the Science Museum of Virginia. Photo by Mark Avino/Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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The Soviets developed this space suit for use by a cosmonaut on the Moon. Called Krechet ("Golden Falcon"), it differs from the Apollo space suit in several ways:
- The backpack life-support unit is hinged like a door, allowing the cosmonaut to step into the suit
- Although the arms and legs are flexible, the torso of the Krechet suit is a semi-rigid shell
- The control panel on the chest folds up out of the way when not in use
- The boots are made of flexible leather
Like the Apollo helmet, the Krechet helmet has a gold-coated outer visor for protection from bright sunlight. The life-support backpacks of the two suits are also similar, containing systems to provide oxygen, suit pressure, temperature and humidity control, and communications.
A similar space suit is used by cosmonauts working outside the Russian space station Mir.
Manufacturer: Zvezda
Lent by The Perot Foundation
A prop spacesuit as worn by Cilian Murphy in the movie Sunshine.
On display at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne as part of the Star Voyager exhibition. The exhibition was about the depiction of outer space on film and featured footage, literature and artifacts of the history of space on film, both real and fictional. A fascinating exhibition. Photography isn't allowed inside the venue, where this spacesuit, and eight others were on display initially. On a later visit, however, I found they had moved this one into the foyer, so I took the oppurtunity to get some photos.
ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ABSTRACT
Disclosed is a pressure suit for high altitude flights and particularly space missions. The suit is designed for astronauts in the Apollo Space Program and may be worn both inside and outside a space vehicle, as well as on the lunar surface. It comprises an integrated assembly of inner comfort liner, intermediate pressure garment, and outer thermal protective garment with removable helmet and gloves. The pressure garment comprises an inner convoluted sealing bladder and outer fabric restraint to which are attached a plurality of cable restraint assemblies. It provides versatility in combination with improved sealing and increased mobility for internal pressures suitable for life support in the near vacuum of outer space.
U.S. Patent 3,751,727, issued August 14, 1973, assigned to NASA
[Note: Favorite sites to search for and download patents:
(1) The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office:
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(2) Google patents
Mercury spacesuit, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Titusville, FL. On display at the KSC Visitor Complex is one of the Mercury program spacesuits, this particular one belonging to Gordon Cooper. Cooper was one of the "original seven" chosen for the Mercury program. He flew the last Mercury mission onboard the Faith 7 capsule.
It's not as erotic as a tight girdle and pantyhose but this is what the well-dressed woman wears under her space suit. Maybe the girdle and pantyhose are underneath.
The portable life support system (PLSS) of the spacesuit was made with LEGO!
The LEGO building instruction of the entire spacesuit including PLSS is available in Rebrickable
Taken at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: James S. McDonnell Space Hangar in Dulles, VA.
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This suit belonged to Yuri Gidzenko the Soyuz Commander of the three man crew aboard the International Space Station/Mir
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The Soviets developed this space suit for use by a cosmonaut on the Moon. Called Krechet ("Golden Falcon"), it differs from the Apollo space suit in several ways:
- The backpack life-support unit is hinged like a door, allowing the cosmonaut to step into the suit
- Although the arms and legs are flexible, the torso of the Krechet suit is a semi-rigid shell
- The control panel on the chest folds up out of the way when not in use
- The boots are made of flexible leather
Like the Apollo helmet, the Krechet helmet has a gold-coated outer visor for protection from bright sunlight. The life-support backpacks of the two suits are also similar, containing systems to provide oxygen, suit pressure, temperature and humidity control, and communications.
A similar space suit is used by cosmonauts working outside the Russian space station Mir.
Manufacturer: Zvezda
Lent by The Perot Foundation
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The LEGO building instruction of the posable spacesuit MOC (my own creation) is available in Rebrickable. 1825 parts can be obtained from LEGO.com and Bricklink.com etc.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The Soviets developed this space suit for use by a cosmonaut on the Moon. Called Krechet ("Golden Falcon"), it differs from the Apollo space suit in several ways:
- The backpack life-support unit is hinged like a door, allowing the cosmonaut to step into the suit
- Although the arms and legs are flexible, the torso of the Krechet suit is a semi-rigid shell
- The control panel on the chest folds up out of the way when not in use
- The boots are made of flexible leather
Like the Apollo helmet, the Krechet helmet has a gold-coated outer visor for protection from bright sunlight. The life-support backpacks of the two suits are also similar, containing systems to provide oxygen, suit pressure, temperature and humidity control, and communications.
A similar space suit is used by cosmonauts working outside the Russian space station Mir.
Manufacturer: Zvezda
Lent by The Perot Foundation
The Apollo Command Module Spacesuit items for Thomas K. Mattingly from Apollo 16 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California.
JSC2012-E-231445 (30 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 35/36 flight engineer, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-231458 (30 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 35/36 flight engineer, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
Ever since the 1950's, the United States has been in competition with the Soviet Union to make the biggest discoveries in space. In 1957, the Soviet Union reached that accompish,emt first when they launched Sputnik into space which was a satelite. In 1961, they sent the first man into space. Both times, all the satelite and Soviet astronaut did was orbit Earth.
The United States then established the Apollo space missions. In 1966, the United States started sending satelites and people into space at a pace above the Soviet Union. In 18 Apollo missions, 6 missions put Americans on the moon. The first was Apollo 11 in 1968.
In 1975, President Ford decided to quit going back and forth with the Soviet Union and had the last Apollo mission use both astronauts from America and the Soviet Union. United States sent 3 Astronauts while the Soviet Union sent 2. They all joined up when they docked at the space station. The mission was sent to take photographs of a solar eclipse and pictures from different areas in space. The main purpose, however, was to end the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their so called space race.
This spacesuit statue is located outside the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mi.
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Kansas Cosmosphere
[Displayed here is the suit worn by astronaut Wally Schirra during training for his MA-8 mission. It resembles the suits worn by Alan Shepard during Mercury-Redstone 3 (May 5, 1961) and Gus Grissom during Mercury-Redstone 4 July 21, 1961).]
Cozy Cocoon
The Mercury suit weighed 22 pounds and had four layers that held in oxygen and kept out heat, cold, and seawater. Padding in the helmet protected the astronaut's head and dulled the roar of liftoff. Each suit was custom-made for its wearer and had 13 zippers for snug fit.
When the suit was pressurized, its joints and gloves became very stiff. Because of this, the gloves were shaped so that nine of the astronaut's fingers automatically gripped the capsule's control stick. The tenth finger stuck out straight so he could push buttons.
Cool oxygen entered through a hose near the waist and flowed through ducts in the arms, legs, torso, and helmet to carry away moisture, body heat, and exhaled carbon dioxide. Used air exited through a hose at the back of the helmet. The Mercury capsule's Environmental Control System (ECS) cleaned and cooled the air and circulated it back to the suit.
Mercury Space Suit
Last Line of Defense
The Mercury capsule's snug cabin protected the astronaut from the rigors of spaceflight and the harsh space environment. If, however, the capsule malfunctioned for example, if its oxygen leaked into space the Mercury astronaut could fall back on his last line of defense, his silver space suit.
The Mercury space suit was continuously improved between July 1959, when NASA awarded the B. F. Goodrich Company the contract to make Mercury suits, and May 1963, when Project Mercury ended.
Consultant Tailor
Each Mercury astronaut had a technical specialty area. Wally Schirra's was the Mercury suit and ECS. He was a good fit for the job because the Mercury suit was based on the Navy's Mark IV pressure suit, Schirra had worn as a Navy jet pilot. He probably had more Mercury suits made for him than any other astronaut. Each time technicians altered the suit design, they made one for Schirra that included the change so that he could try it out. He called himself the "Consultant Tailor."
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Spacesuit and Schoolroom: Enos Couch
This is the couch the chimp Enos rode into orbit during the Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission. The enclosed couch served the same protective function as the Mercury astronauts' silver space suit. If the Mercury capsule sprang a leak, the couch would provide Enos with life-sustaining oxygen.
The couch was also a "school room." Housed in its cover was a psychomotor apparatus that gave Enos four problems to solve. For example, Enos picked out the odd shape from a set of three shapes. If he failed, he received a mild electric shock. Another problem rewarded him with banana pellets. Completing the four problems earned him a rest, then the cycle repeated.
Mercury-Atlas 5 in Orbit
On November 29, 1961, MA-5 was ready. Doctors gave 39-pound Enos a physical exam and strapped him into his couch. Five hours before launch, technicians loaded couch and chimp into the Mercury capsule. At 10:08 a.m., Enos lifted off. During his five-minute climb to orbit he experienced 7.6 gravities of acceleration. The Atlas rocket placed Enos into an orbit with a low point of 99 miles and a high point of 147 miles. The first of three planned orbits was uneventful, then problems began. The psychomotor apparatus gave Enos shocks even when he correctly solved his problems, and a failed steering thruster allowed the capsule to drift. Then the life support system malfunctioned, sending the temperature climbing.
An Early Return Paves The Way For Man Mission
Control decided to bring Enos home one orbit early. He experienced 7.8 gravities of acceleration during the flaming passage through the atmosphere. Splashdown was on target in the Atlantic. Four and a half hours after launch, Enos was safe on board the destroyer Stormes. Had a human astronaut flown MA-5, the mission would probably have achieved its planned three orbits. An astronaut could’ve, for example, switched to manual control to solve the thruster problem. NASA was pleased with Enos's flight. At the MA-5 post-flight press conference, NASA officials announced that Mercury-Atlas 6 would launch John H. Glenn into orbit.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The Soviets developed this space suit for use by a cosmonaut on the Moon. Called Krechet ("Golden Falcon"), it differs from the Apollo space suit in several ways:
- The backpack life-support unit is hinged like a door, allowing the cosmonaut to step into the suit
- Although the arms and legs are flexible, the torso of the Krechet suit is a semi-rigid shell
- The control panel on the chest folds up out of the way when not in use
- The boots are made of flexible leather
Like the Apollo helmet, the Krechet helmet has a gold-coated outer visor for protection from bright sunlight. The life-support backpacks of the two suits are also similar, containing systems to provide oxygen, suit pressure, temperature and humidity control, and communications.
A similar space suit is used by cosmonauts working outside the Russian space station Mir.
Manufacturer: Zvezda
Lent by The Perot Foundation