Monday, March 12, 2012

Science and Industry exhibit lets you see inside spacesuit

An exhibit opening today at the Museum of Science and Industry explains the science behind spacesuit technology. It includes X-ray images of the suits — but no actual suits. They're too fragile to travel, so a replica is included instead. (An actual glove, boot and helmets are part of the display.) This Sun-Times graphic explains the technology that went into one suit:

An X-ray of an early developmental helmetAn X-ray of an early developmental helmetAn X-ray of Harrison "Jack" Schmitt's Apollo 17 lunar glove

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