The stratonautical space suit (Spanish: escafandra estratonáutica) was a pressurised suit designed by Colonel Emilio Herrera in 1935 to be worn during...
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optical performance. Related preceding technologies include the stratonautical space suit, the gas mask used in World War II, the oxygen mask used by pilots...
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Gemini spacesuit (redirect from Gemini Space suit)
manufacture of the new Constellation Space Suit system, in which its "Operation One" configuration, resembles the current ACES suit, but functions in the same manner...
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The Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES), or "pumpkin suit", is a full pressure suit that Space Shuttle crews began wearing after STS-65, for the ascent and...
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The Launch Entry Suit (LES), known as the "pumpkin suit", is a partial-pressure suit that was worn by all Space Shuttle crews for the ascent and entry...
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The Shuttle Ejection Escape Suit was used from STS-1 (1981) to STS-4 (1982) by a two-man crew used in conjunction with Space Shuttle Columbia's ejection...
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inventor Ángela Ruiz Robles, a replica of the stratonautical space suit, the 1935 precursor to the space suit, by engineer Emilio Herrera, the Fresnel lens...
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aerodynamics laboratory. In 1936, he tested there his stratonautical space suit, a precursor of the space suit to explore the stratosphere. The start of the Spanish...
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flight, spaceflight, computing, and for designing the pressurised stratonautical space suit that was to be used in a planned stratospheric balloon flight...
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Science and technology in Spain (section Space)
Emilio Herrera, inventor of the stratonautical space suit, predecessor of the space suit; Enrique Trillas, promoter of space science programs; and Pedro Duque...
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