Object Details
- Manufacturer
- David Clark Company, Inc.
- Astronaut
- James A. McDivitt
- Summary
- This left glove was part of the Extra Vehicular Activity suit used by James McDivitt on Gemini IV. McDivitt was command pilot for Gemini IV, a 66-orbit 4-day mission that began on June 3, and ended June 7, 1965. The mission included a controlled extra-vehicular activity period and a number of experiments.
- The David Clark Company, Inc. developed the Gemini spacesuits to be the true first American spacesuits that would operate as form-fitting spacecraft while astronauts worked in open space during a spacewalk. Gloves are particularly complex to create for this purpose as they protect the astronaut against wide temperature fluctuations and micrometroids while still allowing the astronaut some manual dexterity.
- NASA transferred this glove, along with McDivitt's spacesuit, to the Museum in 1967.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19670167005
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Handwear
- Materials
- High-Temperature Nylon, rubber, aluminum, brass
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 27.9 x 10.2 x 10.2cm (11 x 4 x 4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19670167005
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv926513e38-5bf3-4ca3-9f1b-fcc40f1fcf9b
