NASA APOLLO SPACESUIT MOBILITY TESTING NEUTRAL BUOYANCY WATER TANK w/ BOOT STABILIZER XD47514

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To test designs of new Apollo spacesuits, as well as affiliated equipment, a large neutral buoyancy water tank was employed. This film shows SCUBA divers in the tank wearing Aqua Lungs, assisting a test subject in a spacesuit, who is attempting to perform simulated assembly tasks. It's unclear exactly what the precise nature of the task was, but it appears that a key part of the test was to see if the subject's feet could be stabilized in a piece of hardware (visible at 7:48).
The suit shown is probably either a Mercury Program / Navy Mark IV model or an SPD-143 model. (The suit's peculiar look, with joints and connectors forming an exoskeleton, was to allow an assessment of these parts.)
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[@papaspeleo]

Is there also footage from test in the vacuum chamber on the spacesuits?

[@UraniumFever88]

cool

[@Nash4Nashville]

#StanleyCubrik

[@georgejohnson5478]

I THOUGHT ASTRONOTS WE'RE SPACEMEN NOT AQUAMEN🤣🧜‍♂️WHY NOT TEST SPACESUITS IN VACUUM CHAMBER🤦‍♂️

[@EdwinDekker71]

Not A Space Agency

[@stevodakine1]

Space is a very dangerous place. Those astronauts were and are brave.

[@EdwinDekker71]

It's also fakery

[@stevodakine1]

@ space, astronauts, or bravery?

[@OrangeYTT]

​@EdwinDekker71 there's always someone 😂

[@ashleystyles6888]

I thought this was real footage. Or something.