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Sunglasses, Survival Kit, Gemini IV

Object Details

Summary
Astronauts have to be prepared to make emergency landings in jungles, deserts or oceans. These sunglases are part of the survival kit carried in Gemini IV, which made a historic four-day mission, June 3-6, 1965, with astronauts Jim McDivitt and Edward White. On this mission, White became the first American to make a "spacewalk."
Originally installed in command pilot McDivitt's ejection seat, the survival kit came to the Smithsonian along with the spacecraft in 1967.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Manufacturer
American Optical Co.
Credit Line
Transferred from NASA
Materials
plastic, metal
Dimensions
3-D: 13.3 x 12.7 x 3.8cm (5 1/4 x 5 x 1 1/2 in.)
Type
EQUIPMENT-Survival

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