NASA APOLLO PROGRAM SPACE SUIT MOBILITY TESTS W/ WEIGHT OFFSETTING GANTRY XD47574
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Dating to the early Apollo Program era, this silent film shows mobility tests conducted with a subject in a pressure suit. It’s not clear which space suit design is shown; although it appears similar to those used in Project Mercury, it could also be a similar, modified version of the Goodrich U.S. Navy Mark IV high altitude jet aircraft pressure suit. A plastic adapter surrounds the middle of the suit, allowing the astronaut to be strapped into a weighted support gantry that can help simulate weightlessness. The tests shown, which must have been grueling for the subject due to body position, included use of tools and a simulated repair.
At 5:37, footholds are shown which could have been used in a zero gravity environment. At 6:22, the “astronaut“ plugs in a cable to the simulated spacecraft.
At 10:25, the subject is shown on a harness, attempting to perform another simulated repair or task, which involves using a socket wrench (which is on a rope).
At 21:16, a wider shot of actions shown at the start of the film, with the subject standing vertically.
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