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[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.
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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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JSC2012-E-231462 (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
Find these sexy new space suits at the 2023 Fandom Con under the Mindgardens Creations store, next to the sim sponsor, Star Mesh Body!
These space suits are rigged to the Star Mesh Body but with a body alpha, anyone can wear it.
About the Star Mesh Body
We hope you will take the time to check out the Star Mesh Body (across the road) as it's one of the BEST bodies in SL and with a talented team of designers, you'll have a plethora of amazing outfits to accessorize it with.
And better yet! If you like your old wardrobe, with the included body conformer, many Maitreya and classic body outfits will be able to fit this body! It's BOM and lel EvoX compatible with more bells and whistles than you can imagine!
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Gemini IX reached orbit on June 3,1966. On June 5, astronaut Eugene Cerman opened his hatch and stepped outside for the third spacewalk in history. His mission: don a rocket-propelled Astronaut Maneuvering Unit (AMU) backpack stowed at the rear of the spacecraft and maneuver in space. Gemini IX commander Thomas Stafford would, meanwhile, monitor his progress from inside Gemini IX's cockpit.
Displayed here are Cernan's G4C training space suit and the flight-ready backup to the Gemini IX AMU. The 166-pound AMU was unlike any maneuvering device ever flown in space. On Gemini IV, Ed White had used a simple cold gas-powered maneuvering gun. Modern space maneuvering devices also use cold gas for thrust. The AMU, by contrast, had 12 small hot-gas rocket thrusters. Where gas plumes from the AMU's thrusters struck Cernan's legs, the temperature would reach 1300 degrees. Because of this, engineers had to add a heat-resistant stainless steel fabric layer to the legs of Cernan's G4C suit.
Cernan would be linked to Gemini IX by a 125-foot nylon tether in case the AMU failed. If Cernan's test flight was successful, astronaut Edwin Aldrin would fly free- without a tether- during the mission of Gemini XII
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 Apollo Command Module Spacesuit for Thomas K. Mattingly from Apollo 16 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California.
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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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
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
During Project Gemini, Dr. von Braun and is team recognized the need for a facility where engineers and astronauts could understand the concept of body motion in conditions where weight is irrelevant, such as you would find in space. Housed at building 4705 at Marshall Space Flight Center, the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator or NBS, was built in order to train those engineers and astronauts how to function in space. This kind of training led to the development of seemingly unimportant things like hand and foot holds for inside the spacecraft and specialized maneuvering units for working outside the spacecraft.
Initially, funding for the facility was denied but the ever resourceful von Braun, realizing the importance of this kind of training, decided to ask forgiveness instead of permission and had the facility built anyway. A sly reclassification of the NBS as a tool instead of a facility allowed funds to be used from the Research and Development budget... and a reprimand from General Accounting for "creative movement of finances.”
In 1968 the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator was completed. The water tank is 75 feet (23 m) in diameter and 40 feet (12 m) deep and holds 1.2 million gallons of continually recirculated and filtered water. In addition to the systems for audio, video and pressure suit control, the simulator is equipped with underwater lighting and electrical power operations of motors, valves and indicators for the engineering mockups and trainers inside the tank. The tank declared a National Landmark in 1985.
On several occasions Dr. von Braun trained in the NBS himself using the same pressure suits and equipment as the astronauts did. This space suit was used by von Braun on one of his dives. Here you can see von Braun preparing for a dive in September of 1968.
Find these sexy new space suits at the 2023 Fandom Con under the Mindgardens Creations store, next to the sim sponsor, Star Mesh Body!
These space suits are rigged to the Star Mesh Body but with a body alpha, anyone can wear it.
About the Star Mesh Body
We hope you will take the time to check out the Star Mesh Body (across the road) as it's one of the BEST bodies in SL and with a talented team of designers, you'll have a plethora of amazing outfits to accessorize it with.
And better yet! If you like your old wardrobe, with the included body conformer, many Maitreya and classic body outfits will be able to fit this body! It's BOM and lel EvoX compatible with more bells and whistles than you can imagine!
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Pamphlet reads:
Gemini Spacesuit
While in the Gemini VIII capsule, Neil Armstrong wore this suit for 11 hours until the crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.
"The Armstrong Air and Space Museum is a museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States, the hometown of Neil Armstrong, first man to set foot on the Moon. The museum chronicles Ohio's contributions to the history of space flight. Among the items on display are an F5D Skylancer, the Gemini 8 spacecraft in which Armstrong flew (and in which he made the first space docking), Apollo 11 artifacts and a Moon rock."
"The museum is operated by the Ohio Historical Society and had no formal relationship with Armstrong prior to his death. The museum is a component of the National Aviation Heritage Area." wiki
It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up to be that close to the very First Man in Space's Capsule & Suit.. What a brave Guy ! If you go to Moscow dont miss it .
JSC2012-E-231443 (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
The replica Apollo-era spacesuit in "Suited for Space" really looks like the real thing and includes red and blue, "good" and "bad" air valves, a "gold" visored helmet, and a pair of overshoes. Though these are replicas, there are one of only two pairs of real Apollo overshoes that came back to Earth. Because of weight restrictions on return trips, most of the overshoes and EV helmets were left on the Moon.
The national exhibition tour is generously supported by DuPont.
For more information about this exhibition and to see a tour schedule:
www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/suitedForSpace/inde...
For great interactive content, visit "Suited for Space" on Facebook: www.facebook.com/suitedforspace
Photo by Mark Avino/Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Catalog #: 10_0008475
Title: Convair/General Dynamics Plant and Personnel
Corporation Name: Convair/General Dynamics
Additional Information: Space Suit
Tags: Convair/General Dynamics Plant and Personnel, Space Suit , Convair/General Dynamics
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Here's the Sapphire Spacesuit, another old build! As a kid, I only owned one LEGO set containing these rare metal blue parts, which is such a cool color! I designed this spacesuit 12 years ago or so, and it's survived intact up until now almost entirely due to its colors!
Pressure Suit, A7-L, Armstrong, Apollo 11, Flown
Display Status: This object is on display in the The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Collection Item Summary:
This spacesuit was worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 11 mission, which landed the first man on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
The lunar spacesuits were designed to provide a life sustaining environment for the astronaut during periods of extra vehicular activity or during unpressurized spacecraft operation. They permitted maximum mobility and were designed to be worn with relative comfort for up to 115 hours in conjunction with the liquid cooling garment. If necessary, they were also capable of being worn for 14 days in an unpressurized mode.
The spacesuit has the designation A-7L, and was constructed in the Extra-vehicular or EV configuration.
NASA transferred the spacesuit to the National Air and Space Museum in 1971.
•Inventory Number: A19730040000
•Credit Line: Transferred from NASA
•Contractor: Hamilton Standard
•Manufacturer: ILC Industries Inc.
•Astronaut: Neil A. Armstrong, 1930-2012
•Country of Origin: United States of America
•Title: Pressure Suit, A7-L, Armstrong, Apollo 11, Flown
•Materials:
oOverall: Beta Cloth, Rubber, Nylon, Plastic
oConnectors: Aluminum (Red, Blue)
oNeck Ring: Aluminum
oWrist Locking Rings: Aluminum (Red, Blue)
oZipper: Brass with Neoprene Gasket
•Dimensions:
oOverall: 5 ft 6 15/16 in. × 2 ft 8 5/16 in. × 11in. (170.02 cm × 82 cm × 28 cm)
•Data Source: National Air and Space Museum
•Type:
oPersonal Equipment: Pressure Suits
Glove, Right, A7-L, Extravehicular, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Display Status: This object is on display in the The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Collection Item Summary:
These Extra-Vehicular (EV) gloves were made for and worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 11 mission in July, 1969.
The gloves were constructed of an outer shell of Chromel-R fabric with thermal insulation to provide protection while handling extremely hot or cold objects. The blue fingertips were made of silicone rubber to provide sensitivity. The inner glove was of a rubber/neoprene compound, into which the restraint system was integrated, and they attached to the spacesuit using the same mechanism as the intra-vehicular gloves.
Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1971.
•Title: Glove, Right, A7-L, Extravehicular, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
•Data Source: National Air and Space Museum
•Manufacturer: ILC Industries Inc.
•Astronaut: Neil A. Armstrong, 1930-2012
•Credit Line: Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center. NASA has the right of first refusal upon deaccession as per agreement.
•Materials:
oExterior: Beta Cloth, Chromel-R, Velcro, Rubber/Silicone
oInterior: Rubber/Neoprene Compound, Nylon
oWrist Disconnect: Anodized Aluminium
•Dimensions:
o3-D: 12½ in. × 6½ in. × 5½ in. (31.8 cm × 16.5 cm × 14 cm)
•Country of Origin: United States of America
•Type:
oPersonal Equipment: Handwear
•Inventory Number: A19730040003
Glove, Left, A7-L, Extravehicular, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Display Status: This object is on display in the The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Collection Item Summary:
These Extra-Vehicular (EV) gloves were made for and worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 11 mission in July, 1969.
The gloves were constructed of an outer shell of Chromel-R fabric with thermal insulation to provide protection while handling extremely hot or cold objects. The blue fingertips were made of silicone rubber to provide sensitivity. The inner glove was of a rubber/neoprene compound, into which the restraint system was integrated, and they attached to the spacesuit using the same mechanism as the intra-vehicular gloves.
Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1971.
•Title: Glove, Left, A7-L, Extravehicular, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
•Data Source: National Air and Space Museum
•Manufacturer: ILC Industries Inc.
•Astronaut: Neil A. Armstrong, 1930-2012
•Credit Line: Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center
•Materials:
oExterior: Beta Cloth, Chromel-R, Velcro, Rubber/Silicone
oInterior: Rubber/Neoprene Compound, Nylon
oWrist Disconnect: Anodized Aluminium
•Dimensions:
o3-D: 31.8 cm × 14.6 cm × 14 cm (12½ in. × 5¾ in.× 5½ in.)
•Country of Origin: United States of America
•Type:
oPersonal Equipment: Handwear
•Inventory Number: A19730040002
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
During Project Gemini, Dr. von Braun and is team recognized the need for a facility where engineers and astronauts could understand the concept of body motion in conditions where weight is irrelevant, such as you would find in space. Housed at building 4705 at Marshall Space Flight Center, the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator or NBS, was built in order to train those engineers and astronauts how to function in space. This kind of training led to the development of seemingly unimportant things like hand and foot holds for inside the spacecraft and specialized maneuvering units for working outside the spacecraft.
Initially, funding for the facility was denied but the ever resourceful von Braun, realizing the importance of this kind of training, decided to ask forgiveness instead of permission and had the facility built anyway. A sly reclassification of the NBS as a tool instead of a facility allowed funds to be used from the Research and Development budget... and a reprimand from General Accounting for "creative movement of finances.”
In 1968 the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator was completed. The water tank is 75 feet (23 m) in diameter and 40 feet (12 m) deep and holds 1.2 million gallons of continually recirculated and filtered water. In addition to the systems for audio, video and pressure suit control, the simulator is equipped with underwater lighting and electrical power operations of motors, valves and indicators for the engineering mockups and trainers inside the tank. The tank declared a National Landmark in 1985.
On several occasions Dr. von Braun trained in the NBS himself using the same pressure suits and equipment as the astronauts did. This space suit was used by von Braun on one of his dives. Here you can see von Braun preparing for a dive in September of 1968.