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design challenge was handed to a small team inside nasa crew systems the leader of that team was matthew radnofsky the mad russian an eccentric 2nd generation jewish immigrant with a can do attitude and a broad boston accent he was also my grandfather i barely knew him he died when i was just 3 years old apollo 11 was his try on war. and the perfectly designed space suits them and flew in his legacy. i've always been fascinated by space and i've often wondered how he did it. for me the story of the space race isn't just about the man who risked their lives to travel and. the unknown but the ones who held those lives in that time. i grew up in hartford show england a world away for america and the space race when i'm at my parents' house to ask my dad here members about grandpa. looking at our old photographs and watching a nasa film i realize how little i really know about my grandfather. your grandfather and his colleagues. worked on the space suits they designed the space suits that became. the centerpiece of what the astronauts wore in the mercury gemini and the apollo program the armstrong. bu

design challenge was handed to a small team inside nasa crew systems the leader of that team was matthew radnofsky the mad russian an eccentric 2nd generation jewish immigrant with a can do attitude and a broad boston accent he was also my grandfather i barely knew him he died when i was just 3 years old apollo 11 was his try on more. and the perfectly designed space suits them and flew in his legacy. i've always been fascinated by space and i've often wondered how he did it. for me the story of the space race isn't just about the men who risked their lives to travel and. the unknown but the ones who held those lives in that time. i grew up in hartford show england a world away for america and the space race when i'm at my parents' house to ask my dad here members about grandpa. looking at our old photographs and watching a nasa film i realize how little i really know about my grandfather. your grandfather and his colleagues. worked on the space suits they designed the space suits that became. the centerpiece of what the astronauts wore in the mercury gemini and the apollo program the armstrong. b

when they hit an engine it was an inboard engine and it hit me when doing 1st lieutenant matthew ride radnofsky the navigator and here. we are the tail gonna bailed out everybody bailed all enlisted men bailed out. the pilot and the copilot stayed holding the plane plane level. i was hit in the plane. and the same explosion is also the number 2 engine on fire sever the throttle linkage to number one. the plane lost 2 engines. ultimately and the 3rd engine. finally i got a great big. piece of flak that went into my back. right through. the armored suit that i was wearing i had 2 of it suits one that i laid on the floor. and another one that was what i was sitting and wearing but i went right through it didn't make any difference then another verse to the right side of this for 23rd plane and 2nd lieutenant marvin travers copilot was badly wounded in his right leg. while they were having a very good day. and laid me out flat i was laying there and it and it opened my parachute my paratroopers lay and they are in the inside. so the bomb a dia. gave me his parachute. and tach me to a static line ri

when they hit an engine it was an inboard engine and it hit me when doing 1st lieutenant matthew wright radnofsky the navigator and here. we are the tail gonna bailed out everybody bailed all enlisted men bailed out. the pilot and the copilot stayed holding the plane plane level. i was hit in the plane. and the same explosion is also the number 2 engine on fire sever the throttle linkage to number one. the plane lost 2 engines. ultimately and the 3rd engine. finally i got a great big. piece of flak that went into my back. right through. the armored suit that i was wearing i had 2 of it suits one that i laid on the floor. and another one that i was one that was sitting and wearing but i went right through it didn't make any difference then another verse to the right side of this for 23rd plane and 2nd lieutenant marvin the traveler copilot was badly wounded in his right leg. while they were having a very good day. and laid me out flat i was laying there and it and it opened my parachute repairers to lay and they are in the inside. so the bomb a deer. gave me his parachute. and tach me to a static

design challenge was handed to a small team inside nasa crew systems the leader of that team was matthew radnofsky the mad russian an eccentric 2nd generation jewish immigrant with a can do attitude and a broad boston accent he was also my grandfather i barely knew him he died when i was just 3 years old apollo 11 was his trial. and the perfectly designed space suits them and flew in his legacy. i've always been fascinated by space and i've often wondered how he did it. for me the story of the space race isn't just about the men who risked their lives to travel and. the unknown but the ones who held those lives in that time. i grew up in hartford showing them it's a world away for america and the space race when i'm at my parents' house to ask my dad what he remembers about grandpa. looking at our old photographs and watching nasa film i realize how little i really know about my grandfather. your grandfather and his colleagues. worked on the space suits they designed the space suits that became. the centerpiece of what the astronauts wore in the mercury gemini and the apollo program the armstrong.