NASA NEUTRAL BUOYANCY TANK SPACESUIT MOBILITY TESTS SKYLAB OR APOLLO PROGRAM XD46784

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Dating to the Apollo era, and probably the lead up to Skylab, this silent NASA footage shows a test subject in the neutral buoyancy tank. The test subject wears a spacesuit and attempts to maneuver through a simulated environment unassisted. At 3:46, the test subject performs a retrieval task, opening a container, removing items and placing them on the next “level“ of the environment. The spacesuit shown in use might be a Gemini design. Tests such as these were critical in assessing the ability of astronauts to move in spacecraft (and later space stations) while in spacesuits. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit