Chapter 1 1. Flying Suits Chapter 2 2. Development of the Pressure Suit Chapter 3 3. Mercury Space Suits Chapter 4 4. Gemini Space Suits Chapter 5 5. Apollo Space Suits Chapter 6 6. Space Suits for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Skylab, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Chapter 7 7. Space Shuttle Suits Chapter 8 8. Advanced Development Space Suits Chapter 9 9. Space Suits in the National Collection Chapter 10 Appendix 1: NASA Management INstruction 1052.85 Chapter 11 Appendix 2: The National Air and Space Museum Guideliens for the Exhibition, Care, and Handling of Space Suits Chapter 12 Appendix 3: The Materials Revolution: Superpolymers and Plastics Chapter 13 Appendix 4: Pressure Suits in the Aeronautical Collection of the Preservation/Study Collections, Paul E. Gerber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility Chapter 14 Appendix 5: Pressure Suits in the Space Collection of the Preservation/Study Collections, Paul E. Gerber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility Chapter 15 Appendix 6: Project Mercury Summary Chapter 16 Appendix 7: Project Gemini Summary Chapter 17 Appendix 8: Project Apollo Summary Chapter 18 Appendix 9: Project Skylab Summary Chapter 19 Appendix 10: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Summary Chapter 20 Appendix 11: Space Shuttle Summary
Lillian D. Kozloski was formerly a museum specialist in the department of space history at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
U.S. Space Gear is an excellent primer on the history of the first flying (pressure) suits; early (and continuing) efforts to better understand human physiology at various altitudes and pressures; and space suit heritage for the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle programs. Planetarian A fascinating study of spacesuits, the book provides a wealth of detail on an ... amazingly complex subject. Tampa Tribune-Times To watch a well-dressed astronaut somersaulting in space is to see twentieth-century technology at its peak... [Lillian D. Kozloski] ably chronicles the evolution of design and problem solving. Sciences Lillian Kozloski has put together a pictorial history of American spacesuit evolution, from the early days of high-altitude flight through the era of the space shuttle... Space buffs will find this book both entertaining and informative. Astronomy
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