How do you put on an Apollo spacesuit? (2015)

(airandspace.si.edu)

26 points | by airstrike 4 days ago ago

7 comments

  • jp_nc 5 hours ago

    I highly recommend this documentary about the spacesuit…

    https://youtu.be/wLiKo-Skt90?si=OD7zKWm__kYJSgoM

    The whole moon machines series is fantastic.

  • IAmNotACellist an hour ago

    Basically: "First you put on the cooling garment, then you wriggle into the spacesuit, which is hard. Then you zip it up with a long extension cable."

    Not that detailed.

  • metalman 7 hours ago

    first you need your ppl,and then instrument and muti engine time,instructor and test pilot ratings type rating in varios piston and jet engine aircraft,airobatic time wont hurt,then apply for and get accepted into,whoops,a couple of masters degrees a phd ,and then reapply,get accep ted into thd space program,do timd in varios 0 g training and then,they will show you a space suit,not of course an active duty suit,which is custom made to fit....

    • iancmceachern an hour ago

      I'm torn between two responses:

      #1 - "So you're saying there's a chance!?"

      #2 - something something "the right stuff"

  • akira2501 an hour ago

    > If these procedures sound easy to you, imagine that on the ground, the astronauts put on their suits and equipment with the assistance of technicians and it took them a little more than an hour. Now, imagine doing this inside the habitable volume of an Apollo spacecraft or a lunar module with one or two other humans alongside you trying to do the same thing.

    lol.. yea.. but you're nearly weightless when you do so. Which makes it easier and harder at the same time. One of the upshots is you can put both legs of your pants on at the same time, and if you attach the suit to the wall, you can more or less just "stand up" into it.

  • lovegrenoble 8 hours ago

    or How do you put on a Sokol spacesuit? https://samlogbook-ru.livejournal.com/57444.html

  • QuinnyPig 4 hours ago

    No idea. The last time I tried it I was thrown out of the Smithsonian before I got anywhere in the process.