Jumpsuits and Futurism

“The Mercury Astronauts, known as The Original 7 are pictured above on April 9, 1959. From left to right: Scott Carpenter, Gordo Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton.”

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You can see the importance of this profession being adapted into fashion, especially in Sci-Fi films that attempted to depict futuristic clothing. Above is a view of the original 7.
“This was the only astronaut group with members who flew on all classes of NASA manned spacecraft of the 20th century, from Mercury, through Gemini and Apollo, and ending with John Glenn's flight on the STS-95 Space Shuttle mission.” 1959