{"id":3606,"date":"2013-07-25T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2013-07-25T16:36:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:36:02","slug":"suited-for-space-new-exhibition-of-space-suit-history-at-air-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3606","title":{"rendered":"Suited for Space – new exhibition of space suit history at Air & Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Air and Space Museum<\/a> in D.C. will open a new exhibition this Saturday called Suited for Space<\/a> :<\/p>\n

Suited for Space<\/em> 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a positive review: Space suit art exhibition to take off at Smithsonian – SFGate<\/a><\/p>\n

\"deliveryService[1]\"Test pilots show off the flexibility of the lightweight Mark IV suites <\/em>
\nwith this 1960s baseball demonstration.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … Continue reading Suited for Space – new exhibition of space suit history at Air & Space<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-history"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Wa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3319,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3319","url_meta":{"origin":3606,"position":0},"title":"The history of going in a spacesuit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Hunter Hollins of the of the\u00a0Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has written an academic article giving the history of \"how to urinate in a spacesuit\": Where do astronauts go when they need 'to go?' - Phys.org Forgotten hardware: how to urinate in a spacesuit,\u00a0 Hunter Hollins, Advances in Physiology\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Living in Space"","block_context":{"text":"Living in Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1388,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1388","url_meta":{"origin":3606,"position":1},"title":"Space memorabilia auctions in New York and Paris bring in big bucks","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The space memorabilia auction at\u00a0Bonhams yesterday (see earlier posts here, here and here) seems to have done fairly well: Apollo 13 Souvenir Rakes In $84,100 in Space History Auction - Space.com === An separate memorabilia auction in Paris on Tuesday brought in lots of euros for a Soviet era items\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "History"","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3723,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3723","url_meta":{"origin":3606,"position":2},"title":"Copenhagen Suborbitals: DIY spacesuit design and testing","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Copenhagen Suborbitals team will work in August with \"DIY spacesuit guys Cameron Smith and John Haslett from Oregon in the US\" on spacesuit and related capsule design issues in August: DIY Spacesuit Testing and Planning - Wired Science.","rel":"","context":"In "DIY space"","block_context":{"text":"DIY space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14804,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14804","url_meta":{"origin":3606,"position":3},"title":"Video: ISS astronaut dons spacesuit created from paintings by children with cancer","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Spacesuit Art Project\u00a0gives children battling cancer an opportunity to express themselves in art and then see that art taken to space. 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