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The seamstresses who fashioned Apollo’s spacesuits

When NASA needed a lunar spacesuit for the Apollo astronauts, they turned to the International Latex Corporation, and a cadre of women who normally sewed latex bras and girdles, to create a softer, more flexible spacesuit. Tracy Smith talked with some of the seamstresses who fashioned protective wear that would mean life or death for men in space, and with Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt who was the last man to walk, and jump, on the lunar surface. Source

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Full transcript of “Face the Nation” on July 14, 2019

Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan, Sen. Dick Durbin, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, historian Douglas Brinkley, Ben Domenech, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Kelsey Snell appeared on this broadcast of “Face the Nation” Source

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“Sunday Morning” Full Episode 7/14

This week’s edition of “Sunday Morning,” hosted by Jane Pauley, features Time magazine editor-at-large Jeffrey Kluger’s report on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Plus: Tracy Smith talks with some of the seamstresses who made the spacesuits worn that day by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin; Martha Teichner discusses Walter Cronkite’s boisterous coverage of the 1969 moon landing; Lee Cowan talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead about his new novel, “The Nickel Boys”; Nancy Giles visits an exhibition that explores the role of black models in modern art; and Susan Spencer talks with a blogger who conducted an unusual experiment: eat nothing but breakfast cereal for a month. Source

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