Cerca nel blog

2005/06/05

Spazio: La Nasa “ritrova” le tute della stazione spaziale militare mai realizzata

NASA - Suits for Space Spies

"Begun in 1964, the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program was an Air Force initiative that would have sent Air Force astronauts to a space station in a Gemini capsule. After spending a few weeks in orbit, the crew would undock and return to Earth. The Air Force abandoned the program in 1969, but the program produced a great deal of technological development, and three groups of military officers trained to be MOL astronauts.

The spacesuit with identifying number 008 had the name "LAWYER" on the left sleeve. The suit was traced to Lt. Col. Richard E. Lawyer, a member of the first group recruited to be MOL astronauts in 1965.

No records were found for the other suit, with the intriguing identifying number 007."