Advanced Crew Escape Suit
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Advanced Crew Escape Suit
The Advanced Crew Escape Suit or ACES, is a full
pressure suit
currently worn by all
Space Shuttle
crews for the ascent and entry portions of flight. The suit is a direct descendant of the
U.S. Air Force
high-altitude pressure suits worn by
SR-71 Blackbird
and
U-2
spy plane pilots,
X-15
and
Gemini
pilot-
astronauts
, and the Launch-Entry Suits worn by
NASA
astronauts starting on the
STS-26
flight, the first flight after the
Challenger Disaster
. The suit is manufactured by the David Clark Company of
Worcester, Massachusetts
.
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