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Space Cowboy: Testing space suits for the Apollo program in 1965

1965 (approx.)

Detailed Description

Image of USGS staff member Joe O'Connor in a prototype Apollo space suit and cowboy hat. This image is Figure 31a in "The U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Astrogeology—A Chronology of Activities from Conception through the End of Project Apollo (1960-

1973)". The original caption is:

Figure 31-Apollo Extension Test 1 and Apollo Test 5, 20 Sept. to 1 Oct. 1965, at Apollo Mesa Dike in the Hopi Buttes Volcanic Field, Territory of the Navajo Nation, Arizona (south of Dilkon); (a) Joe O'Connor in early version of Apollo spacesuit; USGS photo P45, F96547c

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Public Domain.