Testing the First Spacesuits, 1964 | American Southwest Virtual Museum Image Galleries

Description: The first spacesuits were tested in Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in 1964, but not by astronauts.

Although members of the Apollo crew were present, the suits were too small for any of them, so the actual tests were done by Gene Shoemaker, Jerry Harbor, and Gene Phillippi, all of the Branch of Astrogeology, which later became NASA.

Collection: USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190, Figure 016a.

"Trainee Astronauts Complete Lunar Studies, Embark by Plane for Home"

"Snow Bowl Last Astronaut Stop"

Exploring the Bonito Lava Flow, 1964

Geology Training on the Bonito Lava Flow, 1964

Geology Briefings, Bonito Lava Flow, 1964

1963 Map of the Surveyor Test Locations

Testing the Surveyor Camera System

Surveyor Lunar Rover Prototype

Preparing to Test Equipment, 1964

Testing the First Spacesuits, 1964

Collecting a Sample

Testing Suits on the Bonito Lava Flow

Testing the Lunar Staff

Testing an Early Concept of the Lunar Staff

Gene Phillippi resting on the edge of the Bonito Lava Flow

Testing "Grover" at Sunset Crater Volcano NM

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Author: United States Geological Survey

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