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Project Mercury astronauts in their space suits. Front row, left to right, Walter H. Schirra Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn Jr., and Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard Jr., Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper. 1959.
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Welcome to Project Mercury, our first human spaceflight program, for which they got funky silver outfits and groovy boots. They're like walking Jiffy Pop. The men are: Front row, left to right, Walter H. Schirra Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn Jr., and Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard Jr., Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper.
New Astronaut Suit
(Original Caption) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration today selected a modified version of this U.S. Navy pressurized flight suit as the pressure suit Project Mercury Astronauts will wear in manned orbital flight. The astronaut suit will be silver coated. Underneath the outer suit will be double walled ventilated rubber garment which will be perforated to permit the body pores to breathe. The model here is playing baseball to show the freedom of movement the suit permits.
Let's let Informative Caption help out here: "The astronaut suit will be silver coated. Underneath the outer suit will be double walled ventilated rubber garment which will be perforated to permit the body pores to breathe. The model here is playing baseball to show the freedom of movement the suit permits." I hope they played baseball IN SPACE. SPACEBALL. That could be a prequel to Spaceballs.
1961
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Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Virgil I. Grissom Astronauts Alan Shepard, John Glenn and Virgil I. Grissom in May 1961
Astronauts Alan Shepard with John Glenn and Virgil I. Grissom, USA
This is Alan Shepard (first American in space), John Glenn (first to orbit the Earth) and Virgil I. Grissom (second American in space, I believe), working a slightly different sleeve.
1965
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Astronaut Edward White during his 23 minute space walk. In his right hand White carries a Hand Held Self Maneuvering Unit he used to move about the weightless environment of space. June 3, 1965.
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This is Edward White's 23-minute space walk, which from this angle looks like he is ADRIFT IN THE COSMOS even though he's attached to a 25-foot line that's giving him oxygen. Space is so dramatic.
1965
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Astronaut Edward White floats in space. The Gemini 4 pilot was attached to the spacecraft by a 25-ft. umbilical line that provided oxygen. June 3, 1965.
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Seriously, SPACE IS SO COOL.
1968: Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders
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James Lovell, William Anders, Frank Borman Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders (l to r) pose in front of the Saturn V rocket in Cape Kennedy, Florida, which will shoot them into space later this year. The three astronauts may be the first men to orbit the moon on their projected eight-day mission
James Lovell with William Anders and Frank Borman, USA
"Does anyone else feel like the crotch padding has gotten out of control?"
1969
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 exravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.
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MOON WALK. AAAAH. I should have been an astronaut. (Note: This is absolutely untrue and I would have been a horrible astronaut.)
1969
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Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during the extravehicular activity (EVA) in which Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Bean participated. Connrad, who took this picture, is reflected in the helmet visor of the Lunar Module pilot. Picture taken 20 November 1969
NASA study reveals origin of organic matter in Apollo lunar samples - 28 Oct 2015
FULL COPY: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/re3u A team of NASA-funded scientists has solved an enduring mystery from the Apollo missions to the moon – the origin of organic matter found in lunar samples returned to Earth. Samples of the lunar soil brought back by the Apollo astronauts contain low levels of organic matter in the form of amino acids. Certain amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, essential molecules used by life to build structures like hair and skin and to regulate chemical reaction.
This is Alan L. Bean, holding some moon dust, while shuttle commander Charles Conrad Jr., took this incredible photo. The reflection in his helmet is terrific.
1987
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HARD SPACESUIT, AMES AX5 - 02 JUL 1987
SPACE, VARIOUS
Surely the Big Hero 6 team unearthed this photo and used it to design Beymax. Gotta say, I'm loving the red touches and I wish they'd actually incorporated them.
1992
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Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space. As a medical doctor, she studied the physiological effects of zero gravity on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in September 1992.
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This is Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space. (She was on Endeavour.) And I love the orange threads, which is obviously also important.
1998
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Space Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins was the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission. Oct. 30, 1998.
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And here we have Eileen Collins, the first female shuttle commander, which only happened, oh, TWELVE YEARS after Lea Thompson talked about wanting to do that in the seminal astronaut film Space Camp. I still really love that stupid movie, and also hate it for making the smart girl get her comeuppance -- the whole plot is about bringing her down a peg -- and having the douchebro rise. It should have been the other way around.
2002
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The Expedition Six crew members posing for a crew photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS) - from the left are cosmonaut Nikolai M Budarin, flight engineer; astronauts Kenneth D Bowersox, mission commander; and Donald R Pettit, NASA ISS science officer - 19 DEC 2002
ISS EXPEDITION 6 ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
This is a cosmonaut and two NASA workers on the International Space Station, rocking some blue suits that remind me more of the current outfits.
2004
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Edward M (Mike) Fincke, cosmonaut Gennady I Padalka and Andre Kuipers
'ISS' (INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION) EXPEDITION 9 CREW - MAR 2004
I'm going to go ahead and say we don't need this many pieces of flair?
2005
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Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng walking to the launch tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province - 12 Oct
SHENZHOU - 6 SPACECRAFT LAUNCH, CHINA
China appears to have added some battery packs and khaki cargo pockets that are ALSO really muddying up the look.
Nathan Fillion, 2005, Firefly
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Nathan Fillion
Serenity - 2005
Director: Joss Whedon
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Wait, how did this get in here?
2009: Michael Good on Atlantis
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Astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, peers through a window toward Atlantis' crew cabin interior, where his shirt-sleeved support team members busy themselves to aid the flight's second of five sessions of extravehicular activity to perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronaut Mike Massimino can be seen in the background at work on the port side of the shuttle's cargo bay.
NASA astronauts from space shuttle Atlantis repair the Hubble telescope - May 2009
"Guys? Guys, hello? I forgot my keys, can you unlock this thing?"
2011: Sandy Magnus, Rex Walheim, Doug Hurley, Chris Ferguson
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Sandy Magnus, Rex Walheim, Doug Hurley, Chris Ferguson. The space shuttle Atlantis astronauts left to right, mission specialists Rex Walheim, Sandy Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson wave after leaving the operations and check-out building on their way to the pad at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA
Space Shuttle, Cape Canaveral, USA - 8 Jul 2011
This was the last mission. By then, we'd really gotten to a neon orange place with flight suits, and the leg pockets are more like tiny backpacks. I hope they are full of great snacks.
Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken
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Astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken wave as they walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., . The two astronauts will fly on a SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company
SpaceX Launch, Cape Canaveral, United States - 27 May 2020
And here we have the SpaceX crew. It's so weird, compared with the previous slide, to see how stripped-down and streamlined these are. They look a bit like NASA + Dr. Evil + Storm Troopers. Also, the pants are tucked into... what, wellies? Are they planning some space gardening? I don't hate them, but they feel built for looks. Possibly also to keep thing really lightweight. But don't they need snack pockets?!?
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NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley (L) and Robert Behnken (R), wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Demo-2 mission launch, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, 27 May 2020. NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX's crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.
SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Walkout, Cape Canaveral, USA - 27 May 2020
"Dig the helmets? They're like hard hats with visors."
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Astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken get ready to drive a Tesla SUV from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., . The two astronauts will fly on a SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is at left
Home Launch, Cape Canaveral, United States - 27 May 2020
"Okay, guys, bye! We're just gonna get in this flying car and drive on up to... wait, what? That's not the thing? Oh."
