by imagination than by reality. 2001: A Space Odyssey This film by Stanley Kubrick was groundbreaking for its time and for decades later. At the debut of 2001: A Space Odyssey, (1968) cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and astronaut Ed White had made space walks starting in 1965, followed by a handful of other astronauts, while the first lunar landing was still over a year in the future. Thus space suits had been tested but not on the lunar surface. In the film, space suits play notable roles several times, including in the lunar EVA when the monolith is inspected, and during different events in the journey aboard the Discovery One. The design of the Space Odyssey helmets with a down-facing face plate and jutting top plate was (is) most strikingly different from both the actual 1960's designs including the Apollo lunar suit, and from the advancements in design seen in the decades leading to the real 2001. Kubrick and co-author Arthur C. Clarke forecast rather optimistically that by 2001 there would be ongoing exploration and settlement of the moon and an advanced space construction program, and designs based on their speculations for 30 years later were bold but are still scientifically plausible. Dune film During the production of the spacesuits and stillsuits for the film Dune, the prop and costume designers stated a need to avoid "the standard outer-space stuff ... that sort of NASA look". Gerry Anderson's UFO series The Gerry Anderson's UFO series of the late 1960s/early 1970s features two types of spacesuit: Alien spacesuits, filled with a breathable liquid to resist acceleration stresses on the occupant. SHADO, Dalotek Corporation and Sovatex Corporation issue spacesuits. The design of the alien spacesuits was revised during filming; in some episodes they are partly covered with bright metallic chainmail, and in some they are as per the image shown. The studio which made the series seems to have had only two alien spacesuit costumes. In the episode "Ordeal" where two aliens carry a human (Foster) who is in an alien spacesuit, one of the aliens has to be out of shot, or else 3 alien spacesuits would have been needed. The helmet splits into front and back halves to get it on over his head. Space: 1999 In this other Anderson's series (a spin-off of UFO), spacesuits are orange and yellow with a white mechanical object on the torso of any astronaut