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Pas de balençoire en impesanteur mais il y a d'autres avantages. On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
An advantage of weightlessness: you can swing your friends around (gently). We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Danser un slow avec mon scaphandre : check. On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
SpaceX spacesuit slow dancing... yes! We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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This spacesuit was constructed for and worn by astronaut Eugene Cernan,
Lunar Module pilot of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final manned mission in the United States Apollo space program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on 7 December 1972, with a three-member crew consisting of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 remains the most recent manned Moon landing and the most recent manned flight beyond low Earth orbit.
Apollo 17 was the sixth Apollo lunar landing, the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight
and the final manned launch of a Saturn V rocket. It was a "J-type mission",
missions including three-day lunar surface stays, extended scientific capability,
and the third Lunar Roving Vehicle. While Evans remained in lunar orbit above in the Command/Service Module, Cernan and Schmitt spent just over three days on the lunar surface in the Taurus-Littrow valley, conducting three periods of extra-vehicular activity, or moonwalks, during which they collected lunar samples and deployed scientific instruments. Cernan, Evans,
and Schmitt returned to Earth on 19 December after an approximately 12-day mission.
The decision to land in the Taurus-Littrow valley was made with the primary objectives for Apollo 17 in mind: to sample lunar highland material older than the impact that formed Mare Imbrium and investigating the possibility of relatively young volcanic activity in the same vicinity. Taurus-Littrow was selected with the prospects of finding highland material in the valley's north and south walls and the possibility that several craters in the valley surrounded by dark material could be linked to volcanic activity.
Apollo 17 also broke several records set by previous flights, including the longest manned lunar landing flight; the longest total lunar surface extravehicular activities; the largest lunar sample return, and the longest time in lunar orbit.
This spacesuit has the designation A7-L and was constructed in the EV (extra-vehicular) configuration.
It permitted maximum mobility and was designed to be worn with relative comfort for up to 115 hours in conjunction with the liquid cooling garment. It was also capable of being worn for 14 days in an unpressurized mode.
The spacesuit was made by the International Latex Corporation, and transferred to the
National Air and Space Museum from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center in 1973.
We 'built' my spacesuit today - sized to perfection and looking good! Fit check early next week.
The Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuits are adapted to each astronaut. Read more: www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/home/clicka...
More about the Principia mission: www.esa.int/Principia
More about ESA's space programmes: www.esa.int/ESA
Credist: ESA/NASA
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Il s'est passé des choses bizarres dans la Station pendant Halloween : un scaphandre errant s'est mis à déambuler comme un fantôme, et cette main qui surgit d'entre les morts... 😱 À moins que ce soit une farce d'Aki ?
Strange things were happening on ISS for Halloween: a spooky spacesuit floating, and Aki rising from the dead (or is it from our observation window?)
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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iss048e045351 (07/28/2016) --- Expedition 48 crew members Kate Rubins (left) and Jeff Williams (right) of NASA outfit spacesuits inside of the Quest airlock aboard the International Space Station. Rubins and Williams will conduct a spacewalk in August 2016 to install the first International Docking Adapter, the new docking port that will enable the future arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft.
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I'd like to introduce my LEGO Ideas entry-
Brickheadz Astronauts: NASA Spacesuits!
This set comes with detachable helmets, customizable faces (make your own astronaut!), spacewalk tools and space-themed base plates.
Please support it at the LEGO Ideas website (link above)!
Front and side views of my lego creation.
NASA is developing a new spacesuit for the Artemis Program to land and explore the moon from 2024.
The total piece count of this LEGO Idea set is also 2024!
This LEGO Idea is a recreation of the Artemis Spacesuit in the mech-size. All the joints move to strike poses. It comes with 2 minifigs representing the first woman walking on the moon, and the next man since the Apollo in 1972.
Please vote for this idea to make it a real lego set on shelves! Please help achieving 10000 supports!
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On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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At 70,000 feet above the Earth, I took this selfie—encased in a full-pressure suit inside the cockpit of a U-2 spy plane, one of the most iconic aircraft ever built. At that moment, I was the 11th highest person on the planet—only the astronauts aboard the International Space Station were higher. The thin, curved line of the atmosphere shimmered below me; above, the sky faded into the deep black of space.
This flight was the culmination of rigorous preparation—chamber training, physical tests, oxygen pre-breathing, and a surreal introduction to “tube food” (the chocolate pudding wasn’t bad). The U-2 itself is a marvel: designed in the 1950s by Lockheed’s legendary Kelly Johnson to out-climb missiles and outlast the Cold War. Essentially a powered glider with wings like a dragonfly, it still flies today—outliving even its successor, the SR-71.
Flying with Lt. Colonel Joe “Tucc” Santucci at the controls, I felt suspended between two worlds. Inside the pressurized bubble, silence reigned. Outside, the Earth unfurled like a vast, living map. The GoPro I mounted captured not just an image, but a visceral memory: the edge of the possible.
Before takeoff, they put me in a steel-reinforced chamber to simulate a sudden cabin breach. The pressure dropped instantly to 70,000 feet. I watched a bottle of water boil—an unforgettable demonstration of what would happen to my blood without the suit.
That suit saved my life. But the view changed it.
In that singular moment, with my hand raised toward the lens, I wasn’t just taking a photo. I was reaching out to capture the awe—the profound, humbling perspective that only comes from seeing our fragile world from the edge of space.
Everyone looks better in a spacesuit! Especially Lego spacesuits. Ok, it wasn't that funny. Maybe she wants the black suit.
iss069e011698 (May 20, 2023) --- A pair of Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), or spacesuits, is pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock where spacewalks are staged by astronauts wearing the EMUs.
Title: Space Suit
Catalog #: 08_01502
Additional Information: Full Pressue Space Suit
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
The new moonwalker spacesuit was made with LEGO.
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On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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iss063e030657 (June 18, 2020) --- A U.S. spacesuit is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station ahead of a pair of spacewalks that astronauts Chris Cassidy and Behnken will conduct to upgrade orbital lab power systems. A pair of plush-doll mascots, (from left) Tremor and Little Earth, delivered aboard the first two SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicles are posed floating in front of the spacesuit.
In the summer of 2019, thanks to Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, MLB ballparks were home to one of 15 replica statues of Neil Armstrong’s iconic spacesuit to celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo Moon landing. As part of a kickstarter to conserve and digitize Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit, and put it back on display for the first time in over a decade, the spacesuit was 3D scanned. Those scans were used to create an authentic replica of the suit to give ballpark visitors a look at the suit’s many intricate details. Apollo 11 was the collective achievement of 400,000 individuals working together towards a common goal. To highlight this national effort, the Museum brought a piece of Apollo to Americans across the country. As our national pastime, baseball provides countless exciting moments for millions of Americans every year and MLB ballparks were the perfect venues for new generations to learn more about that summer night 50 years ago.
On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle landed in the Sea of Tranquility, and humans stepped foot on the Moon for the first time. With that historic achievement, Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins became American heroes and earned international acclaim. The Apollo program remains the only time in history that humans have set foot on another celestial body. Apollo at the Park celebrates the astronauts who took our first small steps beyond Earth and the hundreds of thousands of Americans who worked together to make one giant leap for all humankind
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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Shot on well expired ( Nov 1978 ) kodak ektachrome 160t shot at ISO 64 and cross processed as a negative in homemade developer using Fuji RA-4 print developer. Shot with Pentax 67 and Pentax 67 fisheye 35mm.
This shot was handheld, indoors with no natural light. F 3.5 and 1/8 th second handheld.
Fuji EC1 RA 108 developer concentrate - 1:25, 20 ml in 500 ml. Develop at 80 degrees F for 12 minutes with constant agitation. Water stop/rinse. Bleach with potassium ferricyanide bleach for 8 minutes constant agitation, water rinse, fix with ilford hypam 1:4 for 6 minutes constant agitation. Wash, finish in dsitilled water and 4ml of photoflo 200.
I am amazed at what this film can STILL do, even rated at ISO 64 and shooting indoors. Special
On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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360 Spherical VR Panorama created with jsc2016e026933 - jsc2016e026938
Date: 03-16-16
Location: Bldg 8, Studio
Subject:360 Spherical Panorama of ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU Portrait Session
Photographer: James Blair
Would you like to add this LEGO set to your collection? Please visit the lego ideas website and support "NASA Artemis Spacesuit" to make it a real set!
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This set idea includes 2024 pieces to build the lunar spacesuit filled with details! You can move all the joints, take off the backpack lid to see inside the exploration portable life support system (xPLSS) based on the real conponents and layout, open the xPLSS hatch to see inside the spacesuit torso (hollow like the real spacesuits!), and enjoy two additional minifigures.
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Updated the torso structure of my LEGO NASA Artemis Spacesuit; tighter and more rigid, yet hollow like the real spacesuit.
The building instruction and part list are in Rebrickable:
Once finished with the fit-check we need to clean up, Megan helped out. OFV (we LOVE acronyms in the space industry): or On-orbit Fit Verification: we try out our spacesuits before taking them out this week. Mark is working hard getting us in the suit and making sure everything is in configuration… and that the suit is airtight. It seems like we’re getting a foot massage, but we’re not!
Une fois les essayages finis, il faut tout ranger, ça ne change pas de la vie sur Terre… Megan donne un coup de main efficace avec style 🐱🐉#chaussettesdinosaures. La sortie dans l'espace de mercredi prochain avec Shane se rapproche ! Tous ceux qui travaillent dans le spatial vous le diront : rien ne vaut un bon vieil acronyme. Celui du jour : OFV. L’activité à consisté à essayer nos scaphandres pour vérifier que tout était parfait, avant de les utiliser dehors dans l'environnement franchement hostile de l'espace. Shane et moi avons été aidés par Mark et Megan – un scaphandre spatial, ça ne s’enfile pas tout seul !
Credits: NASA–M. McArthur
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Un nouveau cycle de sorties extravéhiculaires (mon correcteur orthographique veut plutôt écrire « extraordinaires » et honnêtement ça n’aurait pas été faux) est sur le point de commencer. Cette fois-ci, Mark et Aki prendront place dans les scaphandres. Comme d'habitude, les vérifications sont de mise : il faut s'assurer que tout fonctionne bien et qu'ils leur vont. Ils l'ont déjà fait sur Terre, mais si vous vous rappelez bien, la colonne vertébrale s'allonge un peu un impesanteur, on grandit momentanément Et puis 2 précautions valent mieux qu'une ! Entrer et sortir de sa combinaison, une véritable armure, reste un moment délicat, peu importe l'expérience de l'astronaute 😆 Pour ces essais, c'est Megan qui était aux commandes des opérations 👨🚀🚀👩🚀
Another cycle of EVAs is set to begin, but this time I’m not in the spacesuit! Mark and Aki will head out the door. One important step is verifying that their suits fit and work properly (don’t forget, our spines lengthen and our bodies change a bit in weightlessness). Getting in and out of the US EMU suit is a team effort. In this case, Megan was running the show. 👨🚀🚀👩🚀
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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In skin-tight stretchy Lycra, she's may be all suited up for her dangerous mission into space. But she's not really READY...
On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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1:7 scale, posable spacesuit LEGO MOC based on the NASA Artemis Spacesuit that will walk on the moon soon.
This "legonaut" features fully jointed limbs, rear entry hatch, life support backpack (fullt plumbed inside), and more!
Please vote for this idea (link below)! 10000 votes in 1 year will make it a real lego set. Thank you for your support! Thank you!
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The posable 1:7 scale spacesuit all made of LEGO bricks was designed based on the real new spacesuit developed by NASA for the mission to return to the moon, called Artemis Program.
Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo (the Apollo Program was the first to explore the moon in 1969-72).
"Well, we're not actually going anywhere without this. One minute."
"Not sure we have one."
AI pic from a sketch of mine.
Shane prend de mauvaises habitudes. On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
Shane has people. We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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You can run, but you can't hide... Not even in space!
Space Suit Surge comin' through, with removable backpack, Sniper rifle, helmet that moves (much wow), and WAIST ARTICULATION!
PS: Flickr, Y U make layout look like poop? Poop, i say, poop!
On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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“(L to R) GT-3 Prime pilots, Astro. John Young; wearing new Gemini Spacesuit; Gus Grissom, wearing old Mercury Spacesuit, in background is Bad 19. Where Astros will fly from.”
Although written as if by an academically underachieving third grader, it at least references the obvious difference between the pressure suits, although Grissom’s is not from the Mercury Program, it even identifies the launchpad in the background. Being a NASA caption, the bar is necessarily extremely low, so it’s, it’s…stupendous, downright eloquent even!
Young is indeed wearing the David Clark Company (DCC)-manufactured G3C pressure suit. The G3C was an Intravehicular Activity (IVA)-only pressure suit, worn by both of the Astronauts during the Gemini 3 mission. The G3C consisted of six layers of nylon (the innermost containing a rubberized nylon "bladder") with a link net retaining layer and an outer layer of white Nomex fabric. It had removable combat-style boots, also made of Nomex fabric, along with a full-pressure helmet (containing a set of earphones & microphones) and gloves detachable by improved locking rings that allowed easy rotation of the wrists.
Although, in this photograph, Young appears to be wearing the laced G2C gloves, and I think, G2C boots.
Gemini 3 was the only flight to use the G3C suit.
Grissom is wearing the G2C aluminized pressure suit, also manufactured by the DCC. Procured by NASA in 1963, the G2C was the prototype IVA suit for Project Gemini. None were worn/flown during any manned Gemini missions. However, according to one of the sources I came across, a G2C was flown on the unmanned Gemini 2 test flight. The capsule from the flight was recovered (and reflown btw), so I suppose it’s possible.
So, if you come across a photograph of either Grissom or Young, in a Gemini capsule, both/either wearing the G2C suit, and the accompanying description says something to the effect that it’s a launch day photograph – it's wrong.
Pretty beat up, but still glossy, and a wonderful & rarely (I think) seen (at least by me) photograph of the Gemini III crew.
Although I’d expect it, I’m not sure if Grissom & Young conducted training/rehearsals the day the photograph was possibly taken, September 15, 1964. Per “Spaceshots & Snapshots of Project Mercury & Gemini”, by John Bisney & J. L. Pickering, the two conducted an interview with reporters that day, “in a double-wide trailer installed at LC-16 to suit the crew.” So, at least a portion of the day was devoted to public relations activities & possible photo ops. Additionally, per the book "The trailer (which included two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a small kitchen) was used to minimize the crew transfer time since LC-19 was just four hundred yards north of LC-16, a former Titan missile pad. By some accounts, it also satisfied Grissom's desire to keep the media at bay."
Keep in mind, this was to be the first manned Gemini mission.
The above excerpts, along with an excellent photo (amongst many others) of the Astronauts talking to the reporters that day, at/from:
books.google.com/books?id=_CBADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA87&lp...
Credit: Google Books and the aforementioned gentlemen.
This would look to be taken during the same interview:
www.alamy.com/stock-image-gemini-3-prime-crew-young-and-g...
Other sources for my above blathering:
discover.hubpages.com/education/NASA-Project-Gemini-Space...
Credit: “HubPages” website
twitter.com/aisoffice/status/1139062996125343746
Credit: Astro Info Service/Twitter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_space_suit
Credit: Wikipedia
prezi.com/fvt8tw1su90k/gemini-spacesuits/
Credit: Krish Patel/Prezi website
Finally:
A press release referencing a September 14 announcement by NASA. It might account for Grissom’s expression in my photo. Or maybe somebody just said/asked something stupid:
“NASA Delay Gemini Project
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration made it official yesterday that there will be no manned flight in Project Gemini this year because of lightning and hurricanes.
It said astronauts Virgil L. Grissom and John W. Young will wait until the first quarter of 1965 to make their planned three-orbit flight. This means a delay of a month or two from the December schedule.
George E. Mueller, NASA associate administrator for manned space flight, gave three reasons for the delay: a lightning strike that damaged a Titan 2 rocket on Aug. 17 and hurricanes Cleo and Dora.
The rocket was being groomed for the final unmanned flight in the Gemini program, an attempt scheduled for late September to propel a fully-equipped spacecraft on a ballistic ride to evaluate re-entry and recovery techniques.”
digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754316/219
Credit: University of Michigan/”THE MICHIGAN DAILY DIGITAL ARCHIVES” website
Great read:
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Credit: collectSPACE website
Un nouveau cycle de sorties extravéhiculaires (mon correcteur orthographique veut plutôt écrire « extraordinaires » et honnêtement ça n’aurait pas été faux) est sur le point de commencer. Cette fois-ci, Mark et Aki prendront place dans les scaphandres. Comme d'habitude, les vérifications sont de mise : il faut s'assurer que tout fonctionne bien et qu'ils leur vont. Ils l'ont déjà fait sur Terre, mais si vous vous rappelez bien, la colonne vertébrale s'allonge un peu un impesanteur, on grandit momentanément Et puis 2 précautions valent mieux qu'une ! Entrer et sortir de sa combinaison, une véritable armure, reste un moment délicat, peu importe l'expérience de l'astronaute 😆 Pour ces essais, c'est Megan qui était aux commandes des opérations 👨🚀🚀👩🚀
Another cycle of EVAs is set to begin, but this time I’m not in the spacesuit! Mark and Aki will head out the door. One important step is verifying that their suits fit and work properly (don’t forget, our spines lengthen and our bodies change a bit in weightlessness). Getting in and out of the US EMU suit is a team effort. In this case, Megan was running the show. 👨🚀🚀👩🚀
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Looking for a LEGO character that can ride the LEGO Harley-Davidson (set 10269)? How about an astronaut?
Please vote for this NASA spacesuit MOC (1:7 scale) on the LEGO website!
ideas.lego.com/projects/4b24ba08-2d51-4709-80c2-3469be59c292
If it reaches 10000 votes in one year, it can become a real LEGO set and enjoy the ride!
The MOC is NASA Artemis Spacesuit- the latest version under development for the moon landing in 2024.
On top of the compatibility with the motorcycle, the spacesuit MOC has a lot to offer- detailed interior and exterior inclusing the portable life support system (backpack), movable joints (shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, waist, hips, knees, and ankles), movable hatch, and sheer fun to build this expert-level set!
The new moonwalker spacesuit was made with LEGO.
ideas.lego.com/projects/4b24ba08-2d51-4709-80c2-3469be59c292
Please support this entry at the LEGO Ideas website to make it a real toy set!
Un nouveau cycle de sorties extravéhiculaires (mon correcteur orthographique veut plutôt écrire « extraordinaires » et honnêtement ça n’aurait pas été faux) est sur le point de commencer. Cette fois-ci, Mark et Aki prendront place dans les scaphandres. Comme d'habitude, les vérifications sont de mise : il faut s'assurer que tout fonctionne bien et qu'ils leur vont. Ils l'ont déjà fait sur Terre, mais si vous vous rappelez bien, la colonne vertébrale s'allonge un peu un impesanteur, on grandit momentanément Et puis 2 précautions valent mieux qu'une ! Entrer et sortir de sa combinaison, une véritable armure, reste un moment délicat, peu importe l'expérience de l'astronaute 😆 Pour ces essais, c'est Megan qui était aux commandes des opérations 👨🚀🚀👩🚀
Another cycle of EVAs is set to begin, but this time I’m not in the spacesuit! Mark and Aki will head out the door. One important step is verifying that their suits fit and work properly (don’t forget, our spines lengthen and our bodies change a bit in weightlessness). Getting in and out of the US EMU suit is a team effort. In this case, Megan was running the show. 👨🚀🚀👩🚀
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet