The "Cats"tronauts
The "Cats"tronauts
In 1963, the French space program made history by launching Félicette, a stray Parisian cat, into space. Félicette wasn't just any cat; her calm personality made her the perfect candidate for a rigorous training program designed to test the effects of spaceflight on living creatures. The mission itself was a brief but groundbreaking 13 minutes. Félicette's capsule reached suborbital altitude, allowing her to experience weightlessness for a short period. While the mission itself wasn't designed for feline comfort, the data collected from Félicette's flight proved invaluable to the French space program, helping scientists understand the biological effects of space travel.
Our shirts run roomy on purpose. They are cut in the vintage camp-collar style with 6–9″ of room through the chest. Order your usual size for the classic breezy look, or one size down for a closer fit or if you are between sizes.
KEEP YOUR SIZE — COLD WASH & AIR DRY
Machine-drying on heat? Order ONE SIZE UP. One hot dryer cycle can shrink a cotton/rayon shirt by up to a full size. Wash cold and air dry, and the measurements below are what you keep — wash after wash.
Unisex Shirt — Regular (fits up to ~6′2″)
| Size | Fits Your Chest | Shirt Chest | Shirt Waist | Length | Sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 34–37 | 43 | 42 | 28 | 8.25 |
| M | 38–40 | 46 | 45 | 28.75 | 8.75 |
| L | 41–43 | 49 | 48 | 29.5 | 9.25 |
| XL | 44–47 | 53 | 52 | 30.5 | 10 |
| 2XL | 48–51 | 57 | 56 | 31.5 | 10.75 |
| 3XL | 52–55 | 61 | 60 | 32.25 | 11.5 |
Fits Your Chest is your body. Shirt Chest is the garment laid flat and doubled — compare it to a shirt you already wear.
Unisex Shirt — Tall
Tall adds length only. LT is exactly as wide as L, XLT as wide as XL. Choose Tall if you are about 6′2″–6′7″ or long through the torso. If you just want more room, size up instead.
| Size | Fits Your Chest | Shirt Chest | Shirt Waist | Length | Sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT | 41–43 | 49 | 48 | 31.5 | 11.75 |
| XLT | 44–47 | 53 | 52 | 32.5 | 12.5 |
| 2XLT | 48–51 | 57 | 56 | 33.5 | 13.125 |
| 3XLT | 52–55 | 61 | 60 | 34.5 | 13.875 |
Women's Shirt
The women's shirt is a shaped cut, not a smaller unisex. It sits closer through the chest than our unisex shirts and widens toward the hem so it drapes over the hip, with a back hem that hangs about 2″ lower than the front. Length below is measured at the front. Sleeves are a short 7″ on every size.
| Size | Shirt Chest | Shirt Hem | Length | Sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 39 | 41 | 25.5 | 7 |
| M | 41 | 43 | 26 | 7 |
| L | 43 | 45 | 27.5 | 7 |
| XL | 45 | 47 | 28 | 7 |
| 2XL | 47 | 49 | 28.5 | 7 |
Shirt Chest and Shirt Hem are the garment laid flat and doubled. We list the hem rather than a waist because the women's shirt is widest at the bottom — compare both numbers to a shirt you already wear.
Children's Shirt
Same relaxed cut as the adult shirts, so they run generously too. Between two ages? Choose the smaller size if you want it to fit this season.
| Size | Shirt Chest | Shirt Waist | Length | Sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–6Y | 25.5 | 26.5 | 22.25 | 5.25 |
| 7–8Y | 28.5 | 29.5 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 9–10Y | 32.5 | 33.5 | 24 | 6.5 |
| 11–12Y | 36.5 | 37.5 | 25 | 7.25 |
How To Measure
Use the diagram at the top of this guide. Lay the shirt flat and buttoned before measuring.
- Chest — measure straight across from armhole to armhole, then double it. Compare to the Shirt Chest column.
- Waist — measure straight across the narrowest point of the body, then double it. On the women's shirt, measure the hem — the bottom edge — instead, since that is its widest point.
- Length — from the high point of the shoulder, where the shoulder seam meets the collar, straight down to the bottom hem.
- Sleeve — from the shoulder seam down the outside of the arm to the sleeve opening.
A note on variance. These shirts are cut and sewn from woven cloth by people, not stamped out of metal. Cloth stretches, moves under the cutter, and settles once it is sewn and pressed. We hold our factory to the specifications above and check against them, but a normal variance of 1–3 cm (about ⅜″–1¼″) is inherent to garment manufacturing and is present in every clothing brand you own, whether or not they mention it. This applies to each measurement as published here, including the doubled Shirt Chest and Shirt Waist figures. A shirt measuring within that range is a correctly made shirt. If you are between two sizes, that is a good reason to take the larger one.
Socks
Sock size follows your SHOE size — not your shirt size. S–M and L–XL here are shoe-size ranges. Someone who wears a Large shirt very often wears a Small–Medium sock. Men's and women's convert differently, so read your own column — a women's 9 and a men's 9 are two different socks.
| Sock Size | Women's Shoe | Men's Shoe |
|---|---|---|
| S – M | 6 – 10 | 5 – 8.5 |
| L – XL | 10.5 – 14 | 9 – 13 |
Fabric & Care
| Item | Fabric |
|---|---|
| Hawaiian Shirts | 50% Cotton / 50% Rayon |
| Select Runs | 75% Linen / 25% Tencel — lighter and crisper. Cut to the same measurements. Check the product page. |
| Women's Shirts | Missiles of the Atlantic Test Range collection: 70% Cotton / 30% Viscose. Future releases: 50% Cotton / 50% Rayon. |
| Children's Shirts | Missiles of the Atlantic Test Range collection: 70% Cotton / 30% Rayon. Future releases: 50% Cotton / 50% Rayon. |
| Socks | 95% Cotton / 5% Spandex |
- Keep your size: wash cool and dry on low or no heat. These fabrics can shrink in a hot dryer, and a shrunk shirt is not a sizing fault we can exchange.
- Choosing your size is your decision. We sell online and cannot see you or judge how you like a shirt to sit, so we do not recommend sizes. Write to contact@capekennedyclothing.com and we will gladly send you the exact measurements for any size — but the best method stays in your hands: lay flat a shirt you already own and wear, measure it as described above, and match it to the chart.
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Design Features:
Design Features:
- Original artwork designed in-house on Florida's Space Coast
- All-over print — real missions and real hardware woven through the pattern
- Classic camp collar with coconut buttons
- Details worth a second look: the closer you get, the more spacecraft you find
Fit & Sizing:
Fit & Sizing:
Our shirts run roomy on purpose. They are cut in the authentic vintage camp-collar style with 6 to 9 inches of room through the chest, so they drape and breathe rather than cling.
- Order your usual size for the classic relaxed look.
- Order one size down for a closer, modern fit, or if you fall between two sizes.
- Pre-sale and pre-order shirts are final sale — no returns, exchanges or cancellations once the order is placed — so measure first (see Returns & Exchanges below).
- Planning to machine-dry on heat? Size up. A hot dryer can shrink a cotton/rayon shirt by up to a full size — see Fabric & Care below.
- Tall sizes add length only. LT is exactly as wide as L, XLT as wide as XL. Choose Tall if you are roughly 6 ft 2 in to 6 ft 7 in, or long through the torso. If you simply want more room, size up instead.
- To be certain, lay a shirt you already own flat, measure straight across the chest and double that number, then match it to the Shirt Chest column in the Size Guide.
Fabric & Care:
Fabric & Care:
Fabric
- Hawaiian shirts: 50% cotton / 50% rayon, for a soft, smooth drape.
- Select runs: 75% linen / 25% Tencel, lighter and crisper with the natural relaxed wrinkle of linen. Cut to the same measurements. The fabric is listed on every product page.
- Children's shirts: 70% cotton / 30% rayon (Missiles of the Atlantic Test Range collection); future releases 50% cotton / 50% rayon.
- Socks: 95% cotton / 5% spandex.
Care — this is how you keep your size
- Wash cold. Machine or hand wash cold, gentle cycle, mild soap, inside out. No bleach.
- Hang dry. Or tumble dry on no heat / air only. Cool iron on the reverse if needed. Do not dry clean.
- Skip the hot dryer. Cotton and rayon are natural fibers: a hot dryer can shrink this shirt by up to a full size, and every hot cycle takes a little more. Heat shrinkage is not a manufacturing fault and is not covered by our exchange policy — the same care instructions are printed on the garment tag.
- Socks: machine wash warm, tumble dry low, no bleach.
Returns & Exchanges:
Returns & Exchanges:
- 14 days from delivery to request an exchange or a return on full-price, in-stock shirts. Unworn, unwashed, tags on, original packaging.
- Exchanges carry no restocking fee — the fastest fix for a wrong size. Refund returns carry a 25% restocking fee. Return postage is on you either way.
- Final sale — no returns, exchanges or cancellations: pre-sale and pre-order items, The Boneyard and clearance shirts, socks and sock bundles, and custom or B2B orders.
- Damaged, defective or wrong item? That's on us — email contact@capekennedyclothing.com with a photo and we'll replace it at no cost.
- Start an exchange or return at capekennedyclothing.com/account. Full terms: Return & Refund Policy.
