• Negative x-ray of the front view of an early, experimental full-body spacesuit. Full flexibility can be seen in joint regions through the spring-like appearance of white lines around joints.
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    An x-ray of the EX1-A Apollo Applications Project suit from 1968 shows its “toroidal joint system”—from the word “torus”, meaning a doughnut-shaped object. The system permitted the maximum amount of movement for the astronaut.

    X-ray by Roland Cunningham and Mark Avino

  • Negative x-ray of the front view of an early, experimental full-body spacesuit. Full flexibility can be seen in joint regions through the spring-like appearance of white lines around joints.

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Mark Avino

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