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• n  a pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space

• A body-hugging new spacesuit may give astronauts more agility in space.
• He obliged with a gig about a Hellenic astronaut named Costas with a big Zorba mustache and a sheepskin vest over his spacesuit.
• ITEM: A Neil Armstrong spacesuit (1) ESTIMATE: $60,000 to $80,000 WENT FOR: $110,185 COMPARE WITH: Spacesuit for astronaut today @ $10 million (2).

News & Articles

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• 50 Years Ago, 1st Woman to Fly in Space Wore World's 1st Mission Patch
  Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who 50 years ago this Sunday (June 16) launched aboard the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission, set a world record by becoming the first woman in space. But her gender wasn't the only contribution that Tereshkova made to the cultural history of space exploration — she was also the first person to wear a mission emblem on her spacesuit, although it was hidden from view.
  June 15, 2013 - SPACE.com via Yahoo! News
• 50 years ago, first woman to fly in space wore world's first mission patch
  Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who 50 years ago this Sunday launched aboard the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission, set a world record by becoming the first woman in space. But her gender wasn't the only contribution that Tereshkova made to the cultural history of space exploration — she was also the first person to wear a mission emblem on her spacesuit, although it was hidden from view. Now ...
  June 15, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Childhood Dream Job: NASA's Pit Crew
  A spacesuit at Florida's Kennedy Space Center inspired a lifelong goal.
  June 13, 2013 - SPACE.com

Quotes

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• Zhai Zhigang in People's Daily Online
  The process of taking on the Feitian spacesuit went smooth,said Zhai, looking confident and radiant on the screen at the BACC. "In the vast space, I felt proud of our motherland."
• Michael Phelps in USA Today
  It's like a spacesuit,Phelps said. "When people are traveling through space, they're going ridiculously fast. That's what it feels like to me."
• Billy Corgan in guardian.co.uk
  They are re-learning (or in some musicians' cases, learning,) 40-45 old songs, an experience Corgan described as a "really interesting journey ...... like putting on a spacesuit again".