Free: Dressing for Altitude: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits_Wiley Post to Space Shuttle
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Dressing for Altitude: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits—Wiley Post to Space Shuttle
by Dennis Jenkins
(posted August 31, 2012)
NASA has published a colorful, picture-filled book that details the development and use of the protective clothing worn by test pilots, astronauts and others as they soar through the rarified atmosphere high above the Earth.
Dressing for Altitude: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits – Wiley Post to Space Shuttle provides within its 526 pages an extensive survey of the partial- and full-pressure suits designed to keep humans alive at the edge of space since their first use during the years before World War II.
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