... of carrying six astronauts - are specially equipped mannequins which will allow NASA to evaluate its next-generation spacesuits and radiation levels, as well as a soft Snoopy toy meant to illustrate zero gravity by floating around the capsule...
..., most readers will find that the information on Russia’s LK Moon lander, the N1 launch vehicle, the Sokol spacesuit and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project provides additional interest and context. The volume concludes with...
... astronauts in Northern Arizona in the 1960s. The unusual cover picture aptly summarises the contents: it shows a spacesuited geologist testing a prototype Apollo geological camera on an undulating grassy plane; his ‘helmet’ appears to be made from...
... provides central audio control and signal processing; the AIU is the push to talk interface clipped to the spacesuit or shirt sleeve; and the SPU transmits voice communications, as well as caution and warning alarm tones, in the...
...-pie chart with six main segments and dozens of sub-segments displays, for example, how the spacesuit manufacturer reported to the Manned Spacecraft Center and the Crawler transporter supplier reported to Kennedy Space Center...
... to the complex reasons for its eventual demise. Other aspects among the 26 chapters include astronaut training, spacesuits and escape systems, along with details of the thermal protection system and proposed communications segment via...