Coverall, Space Shuttle Launch-Entry (R. Truly)

Astronaut Richard H. Truly wore this coverall on his second space shuttle mission. Shuttle astronauts wore ordinary clothing as they lived and worked inside the orbiter. NASA issued identical blue cotton-blend coveralls, jackets, trousers, and shorts for their in-flight wardrobe. Crews of the earliest shuttle missions wore standard dark-blue shirts with their own mission emblem sewn on the front; later crews wore shirts of various colors and designs. From late 1982 to 1986, crews wore the one-piece coverall for launch and entry; from 1988 until the shuttle program ended in 2011, crews wore orange pressure suits for launch and entry.

Truly flew as pilot on STS-2(1981) and as commander on STS-8 (1983). He served as NASA Administrator from 1989 to 1992. NASA transferred this suit to the Museum in 1996.