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Two Slightly Used Space Suits For Sale

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-you-can't-wear-it-out dept.

cylonlover writes "More space history will go on sale in New York on May 5 when Bonhams will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Alan Shepard's historic mission in Freedom 7 with a Space Sale. Some early highlights of the sale include a Sokol K spacesuit worn by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov during the historic 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Project (the symbolic end to the Space Race) and a Sokol KV-2 spacesuit worn by Gennadi Strekalov during a 1990 mission to the Mir space station."

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  1. I'll take one by paiute · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Kip Russell said he would fix it up for me.

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  2. I'd rather celebrate the first *man* in space by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Typical American shit. We only celebrate NASA's accomplishments (or joint NASA/Russian missions). The average American knows jackshit about all the Soviet "firsts" and accomplishments (basically everything but the first man on the moon). It's an insult to the engineering geniuses that made the space race possible (most of whom couldn't give a shit less about the politics). More Americans can probably name the entire Steelers offensive line than will ever even hear the name Sergey Korolyov.

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