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Detail of a cable holding down the suit's neck ring.

When pressurized, the suit tended to balloon up. This cable would help keep the neck ring from creeping up and obscuring the astronaut's view.

 
Mercury Space Suit (East Campus) neck ring hold-down cable at Air Zoo
Time picture taken Thu Oct 29 11:44:46 2009
Location picture taken Michigan Space Science Center
East Campus
Air Zoo
Portage, MI
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