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The Moon Spacesuit Under X-Rays

Posted December 21, 2010 10:39 AM

From Gizmodo:

This is an X-ray of the suit that Alan Shepard wore on the Moon in February 5, 1971, during the Apollo 14 mission spacewalks on the Fra Mauro formation. Nothing in the suit is superfluous.

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12/21/2010 10:50 AM

This picture of this suit was leaked from the TSA after Allen went through one of the new X-Ray machines on an outbound flight.

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12/21/2010 2:50 PM

Maybe the suit. Shepard hasn't gone anywhere since 1998.

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