Who made neil armstrong moon boots

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Helping Propel Ideas Skyward

When Neil Armstrong took his first small step on the moon’s surface on July 20, , it wasn’t just a giant leap for mankind – it was a giant leap for GE Silicones. Armstrong took that step in moon boots featuring soles made from GE’s advanced silicone rubber. And today, materials from GE Silicones – now named Momentive – are used on every manned U.S. space flight.

It all started with the need to protect a spacecraft and the people inside from considerable temperature shifts, an unpredictable climate and unfamiliar terrain.

NASA first asked “What if?” in the late s, setting forth a decade-long race to the moon that seemed like a near impossible dream. The means to land on the moon weren’t invented yet – and neither were the materials. That’s where GE Silicones stepped in to help. Materials engineered by the company helped make “What if?” a reality for the astronauts on NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.

The soles of the boots that protected Armstrong’s and the other astronauts’ feet were manufactured with advanced silicone materials from GE Silicones. So were the astronauts’ gloves. And so were numerous materials used in the spacecraft that took them to space, to the moon and back home to Earth. That means every human-made imprint on the lunar surface – and every manned roundtrip to space – has been enabled through the use of silicone products developed by GE Silicones and Momentive.

A History of Firsts

The long-standing partnership with NASA continues today, as Momentive works nonstop to develop and refine advanced silicone materials for aerospace and aviation applications. From materials that bond thermal shields on spacecraft and rockets, to aircraft assembly adhesives and sealants, and to vibration-dampening potting materials for vital electronics, our room temperature vulcanization (RTV) silicones help

Co-creator of NASA space suits

Iona Tolliver Allen (May 17, – July 15, ) was an American seamstress who helped develop and create space suits for multiple NASAspace missions as part of the ILC Dover seamstresses team. She constructed the boots that Neil Armstrong wore when he first walked on the Moon, and also worked on later Extravehicular Mobility Unit suits for astronauts in the Space Shuttle program.

Career

Allen worked at International Latex Corporation (ILC) as part of the ILC Dover seamstresses team. ILC had contracts with NASA to construct space suits for the Apollo program and the Space Shuttle program. Allen worked on both of these initiatives. The ILC Dover seamstress team, including Allen, had ongoing input into the design on the astronauts' suits.

Allen personally constructed the boots that Neil Armstrong wore when he first walked on the Moon. Construction of Armstrong's boots took weeks. They consisted of thirteen layers, each of which had to be sewn perfectly and pass inspection. The boots, as well as the Apollo A7L and A7LB spacesuits created by Allen's team, suffered no major mishaps the entire time they were in use. An ILC space suit designer at the time said of Allen: "She was the only one to ever make a perfect pair of boots."

Allen was one of the several Black women who worked on this integrated team. She worked for ILC for twenty-nine years. She retired in , though she later went to work for Draperies Etc.

Personal life

Allen was born in Virginia in with the birth (maiden) name of Iona Tolliver. She had three sisters and two brothers. She married Sam Allen and had one child. She joined the NAACP and was a Jehovah's Witness. She di