Al Jazeera Correspondent - Putting Men on the Moon
The design challenge of the space suit was handed to a small team inside NASA - Crew Systems. The leader of their team was Matthew Radnofsky, known as "the Mad Russian" - an eccentric second-generation Jewish immigrant with a can-do attitude and a broad Boston accent. His granddaughter, Caroline Radnofsky, set out explore the legacy of her grandfather, the man behind the iconic Apollo 11 space suits.
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