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2. The stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts planned to hitch a ...

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   The stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts planned to hitch a ride home with SpaceX, but their space suits aren’t compatible with Elon Musk’s spacecraft Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez Updated August 26 ...

3. Polaris Dawn crew conducts first all-civilian spacewalk

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   The spacewalkers tested new SpaceX-designed pressure suits that could eventually be used by civilian astronauts on the moon and Mars. Polaris Dawn crew conducts first all-civilian spacewalk Skip ...

4. Advanced Crew Escape Suit - Wikipedia

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   The suit is a direct descendant of the U.S. Air Force high-altitude pressure suits worn by the two-man crews of the SR-71 Blackbird, pilots of the U-2 and X-15, and Gemini pilot-astronauts, and the Launch Entry Suits (LES) worn by NASA astronauts starting on the STS-26 flight, the first flight after the Challenger disaster.

5. Extravehicular Mobility Unit - Wikipedia

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   The suits are white to reflect heat and to stand out against the blackness of space; the red stripes serve to differentiate astronauts. The Extravehicular Mobility Unit ( EMU ) is an independent anthropomorphic spacesuit that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for astronauts performing extravehicular ...

6. Space suit - Wikipedia

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   The suit is a direct descendant of the United States Air Force high-altitude pressure suits worn by SR-71 Blackbird and U-2 spy plane pilots, North American X-15 and Gemini pilot-astronauts, and the Launch Entry Suits worn by NASA astronauts starting on the STS-26 flight. It is derived from a USAF model.

7. SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission nails the first-ever commercial ...

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   SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission attempted its first-ever commercial spacewalk early Thursday morning.. Four people donning new spacesuits opened their Crew Dragon spaceship to the vacuum of space ...

8. SpaceX launches billionaire's private crew on milestone ... - AOL

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   The crew, a billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida about 5:23 a.m. EST (0923 GMT). "As you gaze ...

9. Launch Entry Suit - Wikipedia

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   The LES was first worn by U.S. Air Force pilots in the mid-1970s, replacing a similar suit worn by SR-71 and U-2 pilots, and was identical to the suits worn by X-15 pilots and Gemini astronauts. [3] Unlike the ACES suit, which is a full-pressure suit, the high-altitude suits were partial pressure suits, thus requiring a rubber diaphragm around ...