Topic: Suit Up: 50 Years of Spacewalks (NASA/Jon Cryer)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-01-2015 09:08 AM
NASA video release
Suit Up: 50 Years of Spacewalks
Suit Up, narrated by actor Jon Cryer, a fan of space exploration, who recently traveled to Star City, NASA Headquarters and the Johnson Space Center to film an upcoming Travel Channel documentary series.
This NASA documentary celebrates 50 years of extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalks that began with the first two EVAs conducted by Russian Alexei Leonov in March 1965 and American astronaut Edward White in June 1965. The documentary features interviews with NASA Administrator and astronaut, Charles Bolden, NASA Deputy Administrator and spacesuit designer, Dava Newman, as well as other astronauts, engineers, technicians, managers and luminaries of spacewalk history. They share their personal stories and thoughts that cover the full EVA experience — from the early spacewalking experiences, to spacesuit manufacturing, to modern day spacewalks aboard the International Space Station as well as what the future holds for humans working on a tether in space.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 06-01-2015 04:00 PM
I look forward to seeing this - I assume it will be on NASA TV (?).
Last month, on a visit to Washington DC, I visited the Air and Space Museum and saw the Outside the Spacecraft exhibition. The exhibit which really impressed me was the one I never expected to see: the helmet (complete with gold visor) and gloves worn by Ed White on his amazing EVA. Believe me, it's a jaw-dropping moment.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-01-2015 04:10 PM
It is airing on NASA TV (it debuted today), but it can also be watched in its entirety above. The video is embedded in the first post.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 06-02-2015 05:20 PM
Thanks, Robert. The short video of the "Outside the Spacecraft" exhibition includes the key exhibits which I was delighted to see. As well as Ed White's helmet, gloves and umbilical cable, the sight of Gene Cernan's lunar EVA boots and gloves induces a very powerful memory of those glorious days of Apollo.
posted 06-01-2015 09:08 AM
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