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SpaceX’s Musk Unveils New Spacesuit

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017

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SpaceX’s Musk Unveils New Spacesuit

SpaceX's Dragon space capsule awaits its launch as part of an uncrewed pad abort test. Photo: SpaceX.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted the “first picture” of his company’s new spacesuit on social media Aug. 23.The photograph shows a sleek, mostly white suit buckled into what seems to be a spacecraft. A man’s face appears in the helmet behind a tinted shield.The spacesuit, which vaguely resembles the uniform of a Star Wars Stormtrooper, is designed to balance aesthetics and functionality and has begun undergoing testing, Musk typed on Instagram. The suit “actually works” and is “not a mockup,"…

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