Product Description

- A space suit worn by a man who dreamed of moon activities before the Apollo program. This is a reproduction of the moon suit, a space suit released by Alan B. Hap Hazard, a staff member at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in 1960. This is an 8 scale model assembly kit.

[About the moon suit]
- Alan B. ``Happ'' Hazard, a staff member at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, envisioned a manned mission to the moon before humanity's mission to the moon began with the Apollo program. I thought about the spacesuits needed for
- 1960 Hazard introduces his space suit.
- That was the Moon Suit, the world's first space suit for astronauts working on the moon.
- Unfortunately, the suit idea was not adopted by NASA, but it was researched and developed by students at the University of California, Los Angeles, and tested by Hazard himself in a lava crater in the Mojave Desert in 1962. .
- The scene was featured on the cover of the magazine [LIFE] in 1962 and attracted attention.

[About the model]
- This is a plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the moon suit, the world's first space suit for activities on the moon, devised by Alan B. Hap Hazard in 1960.
- Scale is 1/8.
- The design of the distinctive suit is carefully modeled down to the details.
- Don't overlook the differences in texture and expression between the body, legs and arms.
- The legs and arms are glued together, and the hands are separate parts.
- The partially incorporated bellows parts are also realistic.
- The head part has clear parts so you can see the person inside the suit even after completion.
- The facial parts that recreate Hazard himself are also a highlight.
- In addition, small detail parts such as rings and antennas that can be attached around the suit are divided to reproduce details.
- In addition, the kit also includes display base parts inspired by the surface of the moon.
- The base, which depicts a crater, can also be seen as an experimental scene in the Mojave Desert or a scene that makes you imagine what it would be like to actually go to the moon.
- This kit decorates a page of the precious history of space development.

[Major features]
- Completely new mold
- 1/8 scale reproduction of the moonsuit, a spacesuit released in 1960.
- The inventor Hazard himself is also modeled inside the suit.
- Realistic representation of suit details
- Prepare a display base inspired by the moon surface



Item Size/Weight : 26.5 x 26.3 x 10.3 cm / 583g

Product Specifications

Item code

MON801

JAN code

4545782098112

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