Advanced Crew Escape Suit
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advanced-crew-escape-suit-256-14466859
title:
Advanced Crew Escape Suit
text:
The Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES), or "pumpkin suit", is a full pressure suit that Space Shuttle crews began wearing after STS-65, for the ascent and entry portions of flight. The suit is a direct descendant of the U.S. Air Force high-altitude pressure suits worn by the two-man crews of the SR-71 Blackbird, pilots of the U-2 and X-15, and Gemini pilot-astronauts, and the Launch Entry Suits (LES) worn by NASA astronauts starting on the STS-26 flight, the first flight after the Challenger disas
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United States spacesuit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Crew_Escape_Suit
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date modified:
2024-02-15T07:44:36Z
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