Collection

Photographic prints relating to pressure suits and the NASA space programme

PART OF:
Photographs and contact prints relating to pressurised suits, the testing of said suits, and images revolving around P. Frankenstein & Sons.
Made:
1959-1962
part of archive:
Collection of personal papers relating to Ian B Wright's employment at Frankenstein & Sons

Includes an image of Ian Wright dressed in a full pressure suit developed for V-Bombers, and two photographs relating to the NASA space programme. The first image is of astronaut, John Glenn, standing in front of a large antenna in his pressure suit. The second image is of an astronaut climbing into a Mercury capsule. This second image is addressed to Wright.

Details

Extent:
3
Identifier:
YA2010.71/1/1/11
Access:
Open access.
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