In the mid-1960s, spacewalks and the unknown challenges astronauts were sure to face on extended EVAS were a real concern for NASA. The agency needed to find some way for its astronauts to maneuver ...

It's 2014—science fiction writers promised us jetpacks and rocket boots and all other sorts of awesome gizmos by now. Instead all we've got are dorky face computers and 3D-printed pizza. The idea that ...

Since there have been shoes and flight, humans have imagined what it would be like to strap on some kicks and take to the skies. That’s how Iron Man flies around in the movies; it’s how Cerberus ...

According to the 1950s, we should have jet packs and flying cars by now. Another lost transportation method from yesteryear: jet shoes. In the 1960s, NASA engineers built jet shoes for astronauts, ...

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Invented in 1965 by NASA engineer John D. Bird, jet shoes were created out of supposed sci-fi-esque flying practicality a la George Jetson. These shoes were developed to enable astronauts to walk ...