Main entry:

De Monchaux, Nicholas, 1973- author.

Title & Author:

Spacesuit : fashioning Apollo / Nicholas de Monchaux.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
©2011.

Description:

xiii, 364 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Space/suit -- The new look -- The new look in defense planning -- Flight and suits -- Cyborg -- Flight suit to space suit -- Man in space -- Bras and the battlefield -- JFK -- Contractual physiology -- Simulation -- The moon suit plays football -- Handmade -- Hard suit 1 -- "We've got a signal!" -- Hard suit 2 -- Control space -- Cities and cyborgs -- 21 layers.
Shortlisted for the Art Book Prize (formerly Banister Fletcher Prize), 2012.

Summary:

Chronicles the creation of the Apollo 11 spacesuits worn by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, which were designed by the women's undergarment-maker Playtex and consisted of 21 specialized layers, in a book that includes 140 full-color illustrations.

ISBN:

9780262015202 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
026201520X (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Project Apollo (U.S.) Public opinion History 20th century.
International Latex Corporation.
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Space suits United States History 20th century.
Manned space flight History 20th century.
Technology Social aspects United States History 20th century.
Fashion History 20th century.
Art, Municipal History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Fashion and architecture.
Scaphandres spatiaux États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Vol spatial habité Histoire 20e siècle.
Mode et architecture.
Mobilier urbain Histoire 20e siècle.
Transport.
Art, Municipal
Fashion
Manned space flight
Public opinion
Space suits
Technology Social aspects
Raumfahrt
Raumanzug
Teknologi sociala aspekter.
Mode Rymddräkter.
United States

Form/genre:

Nonfiction
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273415
Call No.: BIB 206982
Status: Available