Apollo 11 made the A7L the most iconic suit of the program. It proved to be the primary pressure suit worn by NASA astronauts for Project Apollo . Starting in 1969, the A7L suits were designed and produced by ILC Dover (a division of Playtex at the time).

Each Apollo astronaut had three custom fitted A7L suits - one for flight, one for training, and one for flight back-up. The Apollo suit weighed 22 kg and its PLSS Portable Life Support System, 26 kg. The A7LB modification was used for Apollo J series lunar landing missions.

This suit represents the model A7L worn by U.S. Air Force Col. (later Maj. Gen.) Michael Collins in July 1969 on Apollo 11, the first moon landing mission. Collins’ suit was not made for moonwalking, but instead was designed to be worn mainly inside the spacecraft.

This spacesuit was worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 11 mission, which landed the first man on the Moon on July 20, 1969. The lunar spacesuits were designed to provide a life sustaining environment for the astronaut during periods of extra vehicular activity or during unpressurized spacecraft operation.

From page 32 (p. 34 in the PDF) of Apollo A-7L Spacesuit Development for Apollo 7 Through 14 Missions. Extraction and restoration by heroicrelics. The inner layers of the boot varied during the program.

May 31, 2019 · The outer suit was more complicated, and after years of development and testing the A7L version emerged as the multi-layered, multi-pieced garment complete with a backpack assembly ready for its...

Apollo A7L space suits were manufactured by ILC Dover and were worn by astronauts on all Apollo missions, Skylab missions, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Photos of the space suit worn by James McDivitt during the flight of Apollo 9. The suit was on display at the Michigan Space and Science Center. (Photos: Richard Kruse, 2002)

Appearing in a widely circulated photograph from 1968, Hazel Fellows has come to represent the group of women pattern cutters, seamstresses, and assemblers working at the International Latex Corporation (ILC) who made the spacesuits for the Apollo program from 1962-1974.

This spacesuit was worn by James McDivitt, Commander of the March 1969 Apollo 9 mission. The mission was designed to test rendezvous and docking procedures, along with testing and powering the systems in the Lunar module.

Apr 19, 2022 · Although it is beginning to suffer the ravages of time over 50 years after it was used, the A7L space suit remains the most famous space suit of all time, becoming a world-famous icon in the night of 20 to 21 July 1969.