Suited for Space – new exhibition of space suit history at Air & Space

The National Air and Space Museum in D.C. will open a new exhibition this Saturday called Suited for Space :

Suited for Space reveals the remarkable creativity and ingenuity of nearly a century of flight and spacesuit design and development. Through rare and original photography, including unique new x-ray images of spacesuit interiors, the exhibition reveals how the modern technological marvel that is the spacesuit enables astronauts to live and work in space. More information, including historic footage, can be found on the exhibition’s Facebook page.

Suited for Space was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Generous support was provided by DuPont.

Here’s a positive review: Space suit art exhibition to take off at Smithsonian – SFGate

deliveryService[1]Test pilots show off the flexibility of the lightweight Mark IV suites
with this 1960s baseball demonstration.