But why not shoot for the moon? Mercury/Gemini: The first space suits were modified U.S. Navy jet-aircraft pressure suits. Neoprene-coated nylon lined the inside; aluminized nylon covered the ...

(Personally, I find the Mercury suit worn by John Glenn to be the best-looking space suit of all.) The basic thing to ...

Their very first manned spaceflight, Project Mercury, featured silver suits, but none of those astronauts actually explored the vacuum of space. And that's the key because out there, spacesuits ...