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Learn about the design, history and features of the space suits used in Apollo and Skylab missions. The A7L suit was the most famous model, worn by Neil Armstrong and other astronauts on the Moon.
The Artemis program is a NASA-led initiative to return humans to the Moon and establish a permanent base there. It involves various missions using the Space Launch System, Orion, Starship, and Lunar Gateway, with the first crewed landing planned for 2026.
Apollo 14 was the third crewed mission to land on the Moon in 1971, with Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell. The mission faced technical challenges and collected lunar samples in the Fra Mauro formation.
A space suit is an environmental suit used for protection from the harsh environment of outer space, mainly from its vacuum. Learn about the types, requirements, and history of space suits, and how they provide pressure, mobility, temperature regulation, and other functions.
Weighing 90 kg (198 lb), the suit could operate for 10 hours before requiring a resupply of consumables, and had a total operating lifetime of 48 hours. The Krechet was the first semi-rigid space suit ever developed, with an aluminum alloy hard upper torso and soft fabric limbs. This design was later adopted by the American EMU and later ...
Charles Duke was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 16, the fifth and penultimate crewed mission to land on the Moon in 1972. He and commander John Young spent 71 hours on the lunar surface, collected 95.8 kilograms of samples, and drove the lunar rover for 26.7 kilometers.
Apollo 15 was the fourth crewed lunar landing mission in the Apollo program, launched on July 26, 1971. The crew consisted of David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin, who explored the Hadley-Apennine region with a lunar rover and conducted four EVAs.
Apollo 1 was the planned first crewed test of the Apollo command and service module, but a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal killed all three crew members in January 1967. The fire was caused by electrical ignition, pure oxygen atmosphere, and nylon material, and led to a NASA investigation and program recovery.