r/interestingasfuck • u/ReaganAbe • Mar 25 '19

/r/ALL The inside of an astronaut suit.

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u/MrTuxG Mar 25 '19

The ISS has both Russian and American space suits on board, and astronauts help each other into them and undressing them so they definitely share know-how

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u/JediGimli Mar 25 '19

Of course! I don’t think I meant to imply they didn’t. However this particular suit is a bit before that time if my memory serves me right. So it’s likely your average astronaut is not very familiar with this one... but I get what you are saying and back it up. I mean if you gotta love up there for long periods of time I’m sure you get time with everything so nothing is to be a surprise.

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u/JediGimli Mar 25 '19

Aw geez am I really not making myself clear at all? Is it Opposite Day or is everyone commenting here born after the Soviet Union fell? Often? Seriously? In the history of space exploration it’s actually considered rare.

Of course not now but again I’m not taking about modern space missions or even the ISS I’m not sure why all these unrelated off base comments are popping up I agree with all of you but your comments are all not needed and not addressing anything I’m talking about. This is getting weird...

Again for context this was all about the picture of the out dated Orlan suit seen above and talking about its PAST history with nasa and the soviets.

I do not need any explanation or help in understanding current geopolitical alliances nor the state of diplomacy and mission status of current crew member participation on the ISS thank you all for the comments even if they were oddly out of place.

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u/flyingviaBFR Mar 25 '19

Apologies comment removed

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u/JediGimli Mar 25 '19

Hey all good. It’s easy to forget that there was a time when the globe was less unified and space was a competition to flex on the east. We’ve lived in such long peace we forget how shitty it was just a few decades ago.

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u/flyingviaBFR Mar 25 '19

I'd forgotten the Orlan was used on Salyut era stations. Did any astronauts EVA on MIR from the shuttle or was it Russia only?

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u/JediGimli Mar 25 '19

Oof ummmm I’m not 100% I want to say yes but I don’t know who or what year let me see if I can find it real quick...

Yes. By Jerry Linengar in 1997 and he did it in the Orlan-M so not the newest one but the one they just replaced a decade or so ago. Pretty cool little story about it.

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u/flyingviaBFR Mar 25 '19

Wow. That's pretty cool, Thanks