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heng44
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posted 11-30-2013 02:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield talks with astronaut Walter Cunningham during a spacesuit test at Bend, Oregon, on August 25, 1964.

carmelo
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posted 11-30-2013 02:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for carmelo   Click Here to Email carmelo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The original removable overgarnment!

mach3valkyrie
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posted 12-01-2013 01:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There are quite a few sites in central Oregon that were visited by the astronauts in the 60's. I think this one is Lava Butte south of Bend on Highway 97.

I've explored around that area and believe me it's rough going.

Henry Heatherbank
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posted 12-01-2013 02:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Henry Heatherbank     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Any idea what the pressure suit is under the over-garment? Mercury or Gemini? The photo is dated inbetween both programs, so I guess it could be either.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 12-01-2013 12:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It looks like a Gemini helmet and white Gemini suit. Also looks like a PLSS mockup creating the hump under the jacket. First time I've seen a photo of the jacket (over-garment). What's the story on it?

Ronpur
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posted 12-01-2013 06:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ronpur   Click Here to Email Ronpur     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That really reminds me of the lunar oversuit used in the movie Countdown.

carmelo
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posted 12-02-2013 09:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for carmelo   Click Here to Email carmelo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Is an experimental Apollo suit, the Hamilton Standard A1H test suit, with removable thermal overgarnment.

DG27
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posted 12-03-2013 02:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DG27   Click Here to Email DG27     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Good observation, however it is different than the A1H suit.

The suit is an A2L spacesuit which is a later model than the A1H. ILC made three A2L suits directly under contract to NASA for training purposes, as opposed to the ones they made under conract to Hamilton Standard (A1H, A2H, A3H). The visor control knob, lack of a feed port, upper chest strap configuration, and the spacing and orientation of the O2 hoses indicates this is an A2L suit.

A great photo showing an early TMG overgarment configuration. All early Apollo suit designs used a separate TMG overgarment until the Apollo 1 fire resulted in the TMG being integrated onto the suit for fire protection. This resulted in the A7L suit. Had the fire not happened, the lunar landing missions would have used spacesuits with a separate TMG overgarment. Thanks for sharing the photo.

Lou Chinal
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posted 12-06-2013 01:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lou Chinal   Click Here to Email Lou Chinal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Where is Amanda Young when we need her?

RichieB16
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posted 12-12-2013 10:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RichieB16   Click Here to Email RichieB16     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I love this photo...as I have spent a lot of time in Bend, OR.

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