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Here is a clip of astronauts falling down on the moon, because apparently this here blog is now Only Space Talk, Forever and Ever.
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vintage NASA photos sold at auction
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Space Activity Suit
Since the 1960s, NASA has also investigated spacesuits that utilize mechanical pressure rather than pressurized gas to protect an astronaut. Such a “space activity suit” is essentially an allover skin-tight leotard, which would be very lightweight and provide far less impediments to motion than traditional spacesuits. As well, a small tear in the suit would only affect the area exposed by the hole rather than cause a potentially deadly decompression event. The only area of the suit that would need to be pressurized is the astronaut’s helmet.
(Photograph by Douglas Sonders)
MIT aeronautics professor and engineer Dava Newman (PopTech 2011 and pictured above) had a dream: that of a slimmed down astronaut. See the streamlined, mobility-enhancing “Bio-Suit” she created for protecting astronauts from atmospheres and healthcare workers from germs. Newman talks about the “Bio-Suit” in this video during PopTech 2011.
This slimmed down spacesuit reminds us of Fashioning Apollo, about the history of the spacesuit, originally designed by bra-manufacturer Playtex.
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(Source: jpeoplemagazine, via quietbabylon)
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i went through my old entries to add tags last night, and i found way more space pictures than i would have imagined. Space Blog 2010?
On April 12, 1961, Major Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space, onboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1…
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Valentina Tereshkova by Philip Bond (via Posterchild)
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