Overview

From the earliest days of flight, design of comfortable yet protective clothing has proved almost as great a challenge as the creation of airplanes and spacecraft. With more than 150 illustrations, this volume shows how designers culled life-saving ideas from sources both expected and obscure: deep-sea divers' equipment, pressurized inner tubes, tomato worms, and medieval armour.

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Author:   Lillian D. Kozloski
Publisher:   Smithsonian Books
Imprint:   Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 26.70cm
Weight:   0.807kg
ISBN:  

9781560983828

ISBN 10:   1560983825
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   17 April 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 1. Flying Suits Chapter 2 2. Development of the Pressure Suit Chapter 3 3. Mercury Space Suits Chapter 4 4. Gemini Space Suits Chapter 5 5. Apollo Space Suits Chapter 6 6. Space Suits for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Skylab, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Chapter 7 7. Space Shuttle Suits Chapter 8 8. Advanced Development Space Suits Chapter 9 9. Space Suits in the National Collection Chapter 10 Appendix 1: NASA Management INstruction 1052.85 Chapter 11 Appendix 2: The National Air and Space Museum Guideliens for the Exhibition, Care, and Handling of Space Suits Chapter 12 Appendix 3: The Materials Revolution: Superpolymers and Plastics Chapter 13 Appendix 4: Pressure Suits in the Aeronautical Collection of the Preservation/Study Collections, Paul E. Gerber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility Chapter 14 Appendix 5: Pressure Suits in the Space Collection of the Preservation/Study Collections, Paul E. Gerber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility Chapter 15 Appendix 6: Project Mercury Summary Chapter 16 Appendix 7: Project Gemini Summary Chapter 17 Appendix 8: Project Apollo Summary Chapter 18 Appendix 9: Project Skylab Summary Chapter 19 Appendix 10: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Summary Chapter 20 Appendix 11: Space Shuttle Summary

Reviews

U.S. Space Gear is an excellent primer on the history of the first flying (pressure) suits; early (and continuing) efforts to better understand human physiology at various altitudes and pressures; and space suit heritage for the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle programs. Planetarian A fascinating study of spacesuits, the book provides a wealth of detail on an ... amazingly complex subject. Tampa Tribune-Times To watch a well-dressed astronaut somersaulting in space is to see twentieth-century technology at its peak... [Lillian D. Kozloski] ably chronicles the evolution of design and problem solving. Sciences Lillian Kozloski has put together a pictorial history of American spacesuit evolution, from the early days of high-altitude flight through the era of the space shuttle... Space buffs will find this book both entertaining and informative. Astronomy

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Lillian D. Kozloski was formerly a museum specialist in the department of space history at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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