Approximate: 20.32 x 172.72 x 76.2cm (8in. x 5ft 8in. x 2ft 6in.)
Type:
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Pressure Suits
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Summary:
This is a prototype pressure garment assembly (PGA) that ILC Industries submitted for testing to NASA in preparation for the Apollo program. ILC technicians fitted this suit for a NASA technician named Jackson, possibly for testing in a vaccuum chamber. The A5 series of spacsuits were the next to last test series ILC submitted to NASA. The final, flown Apollo suits bore the designation A7-L.
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center transferred this suit to the Museum in 1971.
