The long-forgotten history of the British moon spacesuit @TomScottGo
The long-forgotten history of the British moon spacesuit @TomScottGo
Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Decades before NASA's Apollo program, the British Interplanetary Society wanted to go to the moon: in a spacesuit that looked like a suit of armour.

Thanks to all the team at the National Space Centre: spacecentre.co.uk
And to the British Interplanetary Society for their archive images: bis-space.com

Drone filming by special permission of the National Space Centre. Please do not attempt it yourself, the Rocket Tower is made of ETFE foil on a steel frame and propellers must not get close to it!

More about the BIS spacesuit: spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/the-bis-lunar-spacesuit

Edited by Michelle Martin youtube.com/@OnTheCrux

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