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We also completed suit mock-ups for SpaceX for their NASA crew trials. Sorry, suit photos are still classified. But here is a nice group shot of the whole team.

With our partners at Global Effects, OO constructed this full-scale technical mockup of XCOR’s Lynx for a recent announcement about the company’s expansion to a Texas location. Here’s the unveil, featuring Texas Governor Rick Perry, courtesy of his YouTube channel.

Joins Texas A&M University on NASA Moon – Mars Space Suit Design Project Los Angeles, October 21, 2008 – Orbital Outfitters, Inc. (OO), the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) of the Texas A&M University System, and Dittmar Associates, Inc (DA), have been selected as a team to develop new concepts for a “soft shoulder” for NASA’s new Constellation space suit …

First-Ever Fully Functional Pressure Suit for Commercial Space Market Unveiled at X Prize Cup in New Mexico. Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, X Prize Cup, Oct. 27, 2007 – The world’s first commercial spacesuit was unveiled today by Orbital Outfitters (OO) during a press event held at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, as part of the X Prize …

Orbital Outfitters to Provide Space Suits for Next-Generation Private Space Travelers Signs Contract with XCOR Aerospace Los Angeles, CA & Washington, D.C., December 7, 2006 – “Have Spacesuit – Will Travel,” from the famous Robert Heinlein novel, is also the tagline of a new company that intends to do just that – make sure a new generation of commercial civilian …