DeSotoSky
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Moving us to page 2. Buck model 506 with Astronaut
I originally thought looked more like a Sasquatch. It is an Apollo Space Suit. Hamilton Standard (became Hamilton Substrand) was involved with the suits and portable life support systems. It took me awhile to figure that one out. I came across documentation in one of the old newsletters with a list of 505/506 limited editions, by Larry Oden, June 2012. The handles are white linen micarta. The resins have yellowed some with age. The Apollo program ran from 1961 to 1972. Missions 7 thru 17 were crewed. Apollo missions 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 landed on the moon. Mission 13 was aborted due to an oxygen tank explosion but returned safely. The actual quote was "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here". The Apollo program has taken 24 men to the moon (some twice) and twelve have walked on the moons surface. addendum: all astronauts in the Apollo program were military test pilots, an exclusively male field at the time.
I originally thought looked more like a Sasquatch. It is an Apollo Space Suit. Hamilton Standard (became Hamilton Substrand) was involved with the suits and portable life support systems. It took me awhile to figure that one out. I came across documentation in one of the old newsletters with a list of 505/506 limited editions, by Larry Oden, June 2012. The handles are white linen micarta. The resins have yellowed some with age. The Apollo program ran from 1961 to 1972. Missions 7 thru 17 were crewed. Apollo missions 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 landed on the moon. Mission 13 was aborted due to an oxygen tank explosion but returned safely. The actual quote was "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here". The Apollo program has taken 24 men to the moon (some twice) and twelve have walked on the moons surface. addendum: all astronauts in the Apollo program were military test pilots, an exclusively male field at the time.
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