3-D: 27.9 x 11.4 x 11.4cm (11 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Type:
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Handwear
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Date:
1965
Summary:
This glove is part of the pair worn by Wally Schirra, Command Pilot of the Gemini 6 flight in December, 1965. The mission called for rendezvous with Gemini 7 which was achieved to within six inches, and a manual re-entry.
G4-C gloves were constructed of HT nylon, a strap and buckle adjustment around the wrist and palm, and the red and blue anodized aluminum wrist disconnects. There is a steel palm bar in between the layers of the gloves. Finger lights on first and second finger, with battery pack pocket on upper surface.
Transferred from NASA in 1968
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
