Research & Development Production Enterprise Zvezda

Research & Development Production Enterprise Zvezda
Russia

The organization was founded in 1952 to develop aviation pressure suits and in-flight refelling systems for the USSR's space research program. In the 1960s it began to design space suits, including the one worn by Yuri Gagarin. In 1965, a Berkut spacesuit was worn during the first spacewalk.The Orlan-M space suit was used by cosmonauts in the Mir space station. Zvezda became a joint-stock company in 1994.

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Research & Development Production Enterprise ZvezdaМосковская область, пос. Томилино, ул. Гоголя, 39
Russia
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