The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits
NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Demo-2 mission launch, May 23, 2020, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Nasa astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken like the fresh new look. They'll catch a ride to the launch pad in a Tesla Model X electric car. The true test comes Wednesday when Hurley and Behnken climb aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and, equipment and weather permitting, shoot into space. It will be the first astronaut launch from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center since the last shuttle flight in 2011.
SpaceX designed and built its own suits, which are custom-fit. Safety came first. The cool — or wow — factor was a close second. On launch day, Hurley and Behnken will get ready inside Kennedy’s remodeled crew quarters, which dates back to the two-man Gemini missions of the mid-1960s. SpaceX techs will help the astronauts into their one-piece, two-layer pressure suits.
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