NASA’s new Prada-designed space suit looks like an Apollo dupe, but it’s so much more
The new spacesuit that will go to the moon sometime in the 2030s looks similar to the ones worn by some of the Apollo ...
National Geographic news5 年
How flight suits have evolved to keep astronauts safe in space
Space suits ... can keep astronauts alive in the near-vacuum conditions of space. Read more about past—and future—travels to the moon in our July cover story “50 years after Apollo 11 ...
UPI7 天
3 astronauts die in Apollo capsule
CAPE KENNEDY -- America's first three Apollo astronauts ... its suborbital flight in July 1961, and took the first manned Gemini flight for three orbits March 25, 1965. White, also an Air Force ...
The Future Of The Spacesuit: What NASA’s Artemis Astronauts Will Wear
Space Communications Specialist Alexandra Doten, AKA Astro Alexandra, on the gear designed for future space travel, what will be worn on the moon’s south pole.
Astronomy1 年
Apollo 1 tragedy: The fatal fire and its aftermath
Another recalls the three astronauts who died on this spot more than a half-century ago. These three American sons — Gus Grissom, Ed White ... space suits, the crew boarded the Apollo 1 capsule ...
PBS7 年
The Crew of Apollo 8
This limited the program to white men in their ... During Apollo 8, Capcom Mike Collins relayed news and sports scores to the astronauts during their flight, including one that had been played ...