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Hey Sisters, Sew Sisters

Hey Sisters, Sew Sisters

Released Tuesday, 31st December 2019
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Hey Sisters, Sew Sisters

Hey Sisters, Sew Sisters

Hey Sisters, Sew Sisters

Hey Sisters, Sew Sisters

Tuesday, 31st December 2019
 1 person rated this episode
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Space travel is not always high-tech. When the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon in 1969, seamstresses made their spacesuits at a company famous for stitching latex into Playtex bras. During the Space Shuttle era, a group of 18 women were in charge of all soft goods - the fabrics for machine and hand sewing the spaceplane’s thermal blankets. These women became known as the Sew Sisters. Presenter, artist and former Nasa astronaut Nicole Stott meets some of the sew sisters from past and present missions and celebrates their contributions.

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