# Mercury Spacesuit

A 3D model from NASA/Michael D. Carbajal, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/mercury-spacesuit/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Michael D. Carbajal
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/mercury-spacesuit/Mercury%20Spacesuit.glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/mercury-spacesuit/Mercury%20Spacesuit.glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

NASA’s first spacesuits were developed for the Mercury program. Mercury was the first program in which NASA astronauts flew into space. These simple suits were based on pressure suits worn by U.S. Navy pilots. Astronauts did not go on spacewalks then, and the Mercury suits were worn only inside the spacecraft.