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What to Wear? The History and Future of Spacesuits
Astronauts “testing out” the B.F. Goodrich Mark IV Space suit. Credit: Goodrich Corporation/Smithsonian Institution.
The issue of “what to wear?” takes on an extra dimension of life and death when it comes to space travel. Upon exiting a spacecraft on a spacewalk, an astronaut becomes his very own personal satellite in orbit about the Earth and must rely on the flimsy layer of his suit to provide them with a small degree of protection from radiation and extreme fluctuations of heat and cold.(…)
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