Inflight Coverall Garment, Jacket, Schweickart
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- B. Welson & Co., United States of America
- Astronaut
- Russell L. Schweickart
- Summary
- This jacket is part of a four-piece inflight coverall garment sized for astronaut Russell "Rusty" Schweickart, who flew on Apollo 9 in March 1969. The jacket however, was not flown and was transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1979.
- The complete garment, made by the B. Welson Company, consists of jacket, trousers and boots which had a circular Velcro patch on the soles. It is constructed of a Teflon-coated beta cloth which is highly fire resistant, and the "slippery" qualities of the fabric enabled the astronaut to don and doff the garment with ease in a weightless environment.
- The jacket had a US flag on the left shoulder and a NASA "meatball" logo on the upper torso. Flight garments also had a mission symbol attached to the upper torso.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA - Johnson Space Center
- Inventory Number
- A19791175000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Flight Clothing
- Materials
- Overall: Teflon cloth
- Other: Chrome-plated steel snaps, velcro, plastic
- Dimensions
- Clothing: 61 × 50.8 × 2.5cm, 0.2kg (24 × 20 × 1 in., 1/2lb.)
- 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_A19791175000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92662bcb2-959e-4de3-963c-0dc6eb7c72ba
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