Object Details
- Summary
- These white cotton socks were worn by astronaut John Glenn during the historic "Friendship 7" mission in which he became the first American to orbit the earth in February, 1962.
- The socks were part of the cotton undergarments worn underneath Mercury spacesuits for astronaut comfort.
- Transferred from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center in 1963.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Astronaut
- John H. Glenn, Jr.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center
- Materials
- Overall: Cotton, elastic in ankles
- Dimensions
- Clothing: 30.5 x 7.6 x 0.6cm (12 x 3 x 1/4 in.)
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Footwear
