SPACE TRAVEL
Kremlin Guards Don "Spacesuits" In Battle Against Winter Weather

AFP file photo of Russia's Kremlin Regiment.
by RIA Novosti
 Moscow (SPX) Feb 03, 2006
 The servicemen of Russia's Kremlin Regiment marched into a new era of military fashion Wednesday, throwing off their traditional felt and sheepskin and donning uniforms based on space-age technologies, reports RIA Novosti.

The regiment - officially a special service responsible for guarding top state officials and the Kremlin itself - would be both warmer and more stylish in the new uniforms than in their old Soviet-era outfits, a spokesman said.

Sergei Devyatov, spokesman for the Federal Guard Service, of which the Kremlin Regiment is part, said the traditional valenki, or felt boots, and sheepskin hats and overcoats had been replaced with modern wear made from special water-resistant fabrics and lined with thermoplastic fibers originally developed for spacesuits.

"The outerwear's fabric possesses unique properties. It can withstand strong winds, snow, freezing temperatures, and rain. The special membrane fabric is almost 100% waterproof. Tests have shown it will resist water for more than 500 hours," Devyatov said.

The uniform's designers resisted the temptation to dress the regiment in spacesuit silver, however, and stuck with the regiment's historical colors of emerald green and cornflower blue.

Community
 Email This Article
 Comment On This Article
Related Links
 - Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

SPACE TRAVEL
Ashes Of US Space Pioneer To Launch With Remains Of 'Star Trek' Actor
 San Francisco (AFP) Jan 30, 2006
 One of the first Americans to orbit the Earth will make a final voyage into space when his ashes are rocketed into the cosmos, the company providing the space funeral said Monday.
ENERGY TECH
  • New Material Brings Hydrogen Fuel, Cheaper Petrochemicals Closer
  • China To Produce Gas From Disputed Field Soon
  • Scepticism Over Bush's Call For Dramatic Cut In Mideast Oil Imports
  • Biofuels Can Pick Up Oil's Slack

    • CIVIL NUCLEAR
  • Interest Revives Worldwide In Nuclear Energy
  • Toshiba To Pay Double For Westinghouse
  • U.K. Opens Debate On Nuclear Power
  • Poll Reveals Half British Public Support Nuclear Future

    • BLUE SKY
  • Yale To Study Atmospheric 'Tsunamis'4
  • What Is A Cloud
  • Getting To The TOPP Of Houston's Air Pollution
  • Scientists Seek Sprite Light Source

    • WOOD PILE
  • European Union Donates 38M Euros To Africa's Forests
  • Ecologists Mull Future Of Wetlands In Poor Countries
  • Satellites Show Amazon Parks And Indigenous Lands Stop Forest Clearing
  • Deforestation Threatens Brazil's Pantanal Wetland

    • FARM NEWS
  • Growing Crops To Cope With Climate Change
  • New Possibilities To Fight Pests With Biological Means
  • "Doomsday Vault" To House World's Seeds
  • Growing More Good Oil From The Sea

    • CAR TECH
  • NASA Technology Featured In New Anti-Icing Windshield Spray
  • Eclectic Koizumi Tries Electric Sedan
  • GM Hires Russian Nuclear Scientists To Develop New Auto Technology
  • Japan Creates The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

    • AEROSPACE
  • Air Force Demonstrates Penetrating Smart Weapon For B-2 Stealth Bomber
  • F-35 Simulator Demonstrates Fighter Of Tomorrow
  • NAS PAX River Facility Tests LockMart Stealth Fighters
  • High-speed air vehicles designed for rapid global reach

    • NUCLEAR SPACE
  • Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear
  • NASA plans to send new robot to Jupiter
  • Los Alamos Hopes To Lead New Era Of Nuclear Space Tranportion With Jovian Mission
  • Boeing Selects Leader for Nuclear Space Systems Program

    • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement