First upcycled socks worn in space inspire astronaut's new limited edition footwear

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First upcycled socks worn in space inspire astronaut's new limited edition footwear
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Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, an online publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of 'Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History.

since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011. After a 19-hour rendezvous and docking, the two DM-2 crewmates spent 63 days aboard the space station.Photographs taken in space show the socks backdropped by Earth as they were floating inside the station's multi-window Cupola.

Video stills showing SpaceX Demo-2 commander Doug Hurley wearing Osom Brand's upcycled socks on the International Space Station and inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon"Endeavour" in 2020.

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