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The following represents the different types of spacesuits worn by astronauts throughout the years. Click the picture to enlargen. 

Row 1, left to right:

  1. Mk IV Suit, built by BF Goodrich in the 1960s
  2. Mk II Model “O” Suit, built by BF Goodrich, 1956
  3. Mk V Modified suit, built by BF Goodrich, 1968
  4. Mk II Model “R” suit, BF Goodrich, 1956
  5. Mercury Spacesuit (worn by Alan Shepard), based on the Navy Mk IV, BF Goodrich, 1960
  6. RX-3 MOL Prototype, Litton Industries, 1965
  7. AES Apollo Apollo Applications Project Chromel-R Cover Layer, Litton Industries, 1969
  8. A4-H Apollo Developmental suit, ILC for Hamilton Standard, 1964
  9. SPD-143 Apollo Developmental AX1-L, ILC Industries, 1963
  10. A5-L Apollo Prototype, ILC Industries, 1965
  11. EX1-A Apollo Applications Project, AiResearch Corporation, 1968
  12. Mk V, modified, BF Goodrich, 1968
  13. Pressure garment from the G4-C spacesuit worn by Gene Cernan on Gemini 9, 1965

Row 2, left to right:

  1. Sokol KV-2
  2. RX-2A, Litton Industries, 1964
  3. AX-3, NASA Ames Research Center, 1974
  4. Mercury Spacesuit
  5. AES, Apollo Applications Project, Chromel-R Cover Layer, Litton Industries, 1969
  6. Sokol
  7. Mk IV, Arowhead, late 1950s
  8. RX-2 Legs with RX-2A Partial Torso, Litton Industries, 1964
  9. Apollo A7-L EVA Suit, ILC Industries, 1970
  10. Apollo A7-LB EVA Suit, ILC Industries, 1971
  11. Apollo A7-L EVA Suit, ILC Industries, 1970
  12. Mercury Spacesuit
  13. Soviet SK-1 Spacesuit, 1961-63
  14. G3-C, David Clark Company, 1964

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