Category:Von Braun visiting Neutral Buoyancy Simulator
On November 14, 1967, Marshall Space Flight Center director Wernher von Braun visited the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator and took a dive in a space suit. While underwater, he reviewed the S-IVB Aft Dome hardware and installed penetration seals. The next day, astronauts Gordon Cooper, Jack Lousma, and Bruce McCandless performed the same task in scuba gear. When informed of this, von Braun commented, "Misleading! With scuba gear it is a cinch. The pressurized suit is what makes it difficult!"[1]
References edit
- ↑ von Braun, Wernher (2010) The Rocket Man: Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Took America to the Moon: His Weekly Notes: 1961-1969[1] (DVD), Steward & Wise Music Publishing, ISBN 978-1-935001-27-0, page 1967-11 p. 72
Media in category "Von Braun visiting Neutral Buoyancy Simulator"
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Gordon Cooper adjusts von Braun's suit at Neutral Buoyancy Simulator.jpg 3,000 × 2,382; 3.02 MB
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Von Braun gets in the 25 foot diameter Neutral Buoyancy Simulator.jpg 3,000 × 2,329; 2.08 MB
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Wernher von Braun in space suit.jpg 2,372 × 3,000; 4.44 MB
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