Object Details
Manufacturer
B. F. Goodrich Co.
Summary
This is the left glove for a United States Navy Mark IV pressure suit like the ones that Navy pilots used in the 1950s and 1960s. B. F. Goodrich manufactured the suit and supplied copies to NASA when the space agency was preparing to launch humans into space. NASA used modified Mark IVs as spacesuits for the first Mercury astronauts. It is unclear whether NASA performed tests on this particular suit or used it only for evaluation. We do not know if the suit came with its own helmet, or if NASA used other helmets interchangeably with this suit.
NASA transferred the suit to the museum after there was no longer a use for the suit in the program.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19710782001
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Handwear
Materials
Leather, Nylon Webbing, Aluminized Nylon, Brass,Aluminum, Rubber (Silicone), Lamb skin, Rubber/Neoprene, Paint,Steel
Dimensions
3-D: 27.9 x 11.4 x 10.2cm (11 x 4 1/2 x 4 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19710782001