Object Details
- 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.
- G4-C gloves were constructed of HT nylon. The gloves featured 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, and a battery pack pocket on upper surface.
- Transferred from NASA in to the Museum in 1968.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Manufacturer
- David Clark Company, Inc.
- Astronaut
- Walter M. Schirra, Jr.
- Date
- 1965
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Materials
- Exterior: HT Nylon, polyester, steel
- Interior: Neoprene-coated nylon
- Wrist disconnects: Anodized aluminum
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 27.9 x 11.4 x 11.4cm (11 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Handwear
