The Astronauts: Space Survival (Moon Flight Atlas)

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From air to space High-flying pioneers Even before the dawn of space flight aircraft designers and pilots tried to break records for speed and height Who was the first aviator to make really high flights American aviator Wiley Post became famous in the 1930s for his extreme flights Post broke many long-distance and height records often while flying in a Lockheed Vega a single-engined plane he named the Winnie Mae Lockheed Vega For his high-altitude flights Wiley designed a special suit right It was the ancestor of pressure suits worn by the pilots of jet and rocket planes and the space suits later used by astronauts and cosmonauts This Wiley Post suit had a helmet made of aluminum The circular faceplate could be opened like a ship’s porthole 4