Pressure Suit, Apollo, A7-L, Cunningham, Apollo 7, Lower Section
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- ILC Industries Inc.
- Astronaut
- Walter Cunningham
- Summary
- This pressure suit is a heavily modified A7-L suit originally made for and worn by astronaut Walter Cunningham as pilot of the Apollo 7 mission in October 1968.
- This suit was transferred to the suit development Lab at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston after the mission where it underwent testing and significant modification. However, very little documentation on these modifications remains.
- NASA transferred this suit to the Museum in 2001.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center
- Inventory Number
- A20020106001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Pressure Suits
- Materials
- Upper Torso: Nylon, aluminum, rubber, polyester, steel, plastic
- Lower torso: Nylon, aluminum, rubber, polyester, steel, velcro, plastic
- overall: polycarbonate, Anodized Aluminum, nylon, PVC, beta cloth, rubber (silicone), neoprene-coated, nylon, rubber/neoprene, steel, brass, velcro
- Dimensions
- Other (upper torso): 1ft 7in. x 2ft 6in. x 7in. (48.26 x 76.2 x 17.78cm)
- 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_A20020106001
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv90fc32b9b-577b-4035-b77a-e671cbbc987e
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