A Fantastical 1939 Space Suit Design is Awesomely Brought To Life By The British National Space Centre

Back in 1949, a fantastical spacesuit design was created by British Interplanetary Society members Harry Ross and Ralph Smith, who had also drawn an illustration of the suit. The suit design was discovered by Tom Scott, while researching the National Space Centre.

It’s explained that, “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 armor.”

When the illustration was viewed in modern times, it was described as a “mountain climber in a suit of medieval armor”. The suit in the illustration has now been brought to life thanks to Dan Kendall of the Space Centre, who recruited historical designer Stephen Wisdom to bring the vision of Ross and Smith to life.

Kendall and Wisdom created the suit only using materials that were available in 1949 when the suit was designed.