This glove is part of a pair made by the B.F. Goodrich Company for astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. He used them during training sessions prior to his Liberty Bell 7 mission in July 1961.
The gloves were constructed of an inner layer made from a mold of the astronaut's hand, dipped in a rubber compound. The outer layer was fabricated of one-way stretch nylon with neoprene-impregnated palms and lacing on the back. The gloves assumed the contours of the hand controller, and attached to the suit with a ball-bearing lock mechanism.
NASA transferred this pair of gloves to the National Air and Space Museum in 1975.
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Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
