1963 NASA SPACE SUIT MOBILITY AND DEXTERITY TESTS MARK IV MERCURY SPACESUIT XD47174

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Shot in 1963, this silent film shows a spacesuit dexterity or mobility test. The test subject performs a repeated task using a socket wrench. It’s not exactly clear what type of spacesuit was being tested, but it most likely was Mercury space suit or Navy Mark IV. This was a full-body, high-altitude pressure suit originally developed by the B.F. Goodrich Company and the U.S. Navy for pilots of high-altitude fighter aircraft. It is best known for its role as the spacesuit worn by the astronauts of the Project Mercury space flights. At least one of the slates shown is marked “Woodbury“, which may indicate that these tests were conducted at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, located on Woodbury Road in Altadena, California. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit