The first time NASA unveiled a new spacesuit, President John Kennedy was in attendance. It was 1961, and Kennedy had traveled to Cape Canaveral for an inspection tour, where a suit technician with the pitch-perfect name Joe Kosmo was set to model the pressure garment the original seven astronauts would wear during their journeys aloft aboard their tiny Mercury capsules.
The Elegance And Awkwardness Of Nasa’s New Moon Suit, Designed By Axiom And Prada
Jeffrey Kluger, Time
Fri, 10/18/2024 - 9:29am
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