What I find particularly fascinating about these photos is that they also tell a story of US cosmic colonial dominance, a dominance that is waning and being supplanted by other developing nations.

Space exploration feels like the ultimate demonstration of world-power status. This exhibition is like a paean to the fading might of US colonial powers.

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Evolution Of The Spacesuit

All images taken from Spacesuits: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection, by Amanda Young, photographs by Mark Avino

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