Image: Shuttle Ejection Escape Suit John Young

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Description: When the first shuttle flight, STS-1, lifted off on April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen wore the ejection escape suit modeled here. It's a modified version of a U.S. Air Force high-altitude pressure suit.
Title: Shuttle Ejection Escape Suit John Young
Credit: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/spacesuit_gallery/hi-resjpgs/9.jpg
Author: NASA
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