67. MILLS: From Cotton Cloth to Space Age Textiles

While researching RI mills, I came across this one little snippet about the Ashton Mill in Cumberland, and had to know more: “Owens-Corning Fiberglas Company bought the mill... They operated in the mill until 1983. They made tire cord, drapery, and beta cloth for spacesuits for the Apollo Moon missions.” Episode Source Material: Address at Rice University in Houston, Texas on the Nation's Space Effort, 12 September 1962 | JFK Library We choose to go to the Moon - Wikipedia Beta cloth - Wikipedia BA 500BC / CF500 F (Beta Cloth, Beta Fabric) – Bron Aerotech Popular Science | November 1967 Comparison of Observed Beta Cloth Interactions with Simulated and Actual Space Environment Beta Cloth Durability Assessment for Space Station Freedom (SSF) Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) Blanket Covers Apollo Applications of Beta Fiber Glass Lunar Dust Effects on Spacesuit Systems Man in Machine: Apollo-Era Space Suits as Artifacts of Technology and Culture | Douglas N. Lantry APOLLO SPACE SUIT Journeying to the Moon in a Suit of Glass | Behind the Glass Tensile Fabrics Enhance Architecture Around the World | NASA Spinoff Owens Corning 2019 Sustainability Report Our History Owens Corning - Wikipedia Owens-Corning Records, 1938-Present , MSS-222 OWENS-CORNING MILESTONES Coated Membrane Materials for Use in Construction of Stressed Membrane Structures Beta Cloth Patches 50 Years on, Apollo 11 Spacesuit Continues to Influence Imaginations and New Designs | KQED Textiles in space - Textile Technology Source Space Mission Patches - About Patches Toledo's Owens Corning made Apollo 11 spacesuits possible | The Blade If you want to know more about: Playtex and Space Suits Playtex - Wikipedia What Did Playtex Have to Do With Neil Armstrong? | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine The seamstresses who helped put a man on the moon: When NASA needed a lunar spacesuit, they turned to the women who sewed girdles and bras for Playtex - CBS News How Playtex Helped Win the Space Race | Mental Floss The Apollo 1 & the Space Race: Apollo 1 - Wikipedia The Legacy of the Apollo 1 Disaster | Science| Smithsonian Magazine Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects The Space Race: Timeline, Cold War & Facts - HISTORY Apollo | History, Missions, Significance, & Facts | Britannica How Apollo 11 Raised The Flag On The Moon, And What It Means Today Where No Flag Has Gone Before: How the race to the Moon–with an assist from pop culture–changed the meaning of the word 'technology' Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences Ashton Mill Ashton - Blackstone River Valley Labor news clippings, 22 scrapbooks, 1867-1902 National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form

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67. MILLS: From Cotton Cloth to Space Age Textiles is an episode from Weird Island by Sara Elizabeth Corben.

This episode is 00:23:46 long.

This episode was published on Jan 3, 2023.

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