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A Space Suit Ahead of Its Time
It was the first suit to use his patented toroidal joints, and was the most mobile suit that had been created at that time. (Most of the motions in this video would not have been possible in the ...
NASA’s new Prada-designed space suit looks like an Apollo dupe, but it’s so much more
Called the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit, the new suit is based on the original lunar space suit developed by NASA in ...
Only A Bra Manufacturer Could Make NASA’s $100,000 Apollo Space Suits
When NASA sent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon, it put the best of American science and engineering to the test. As part of the Apollo program, experts from Boeing, North American Rockwell ...
The astronaut who almost died on a spacewalk: how the suit that prevented tragedy works
NASA confirmed in a report that Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano almost died during a spacewalk outside the International ...
Anne Hathaway Once Called The Interstellar Space Suit The Worst Costume Ever: “It Can’t Be Me That Breaks”
Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is one of the greatest films in the history of cinema. It turned ten last year, and on that ...
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Southwest Harbor space suit designer is shooting for the moon
Homer has been in the space suit business since 2007, he said, which was the year he won NASA’s (National Aeronautics and ...