Glove, Left, Mercury, Shepard, Freedom-7

Object Details

Summary: This glove is part of the pair made for astronaut Alan Shepard and was worn during the first flight of an American into space in May, 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 bll-bearing lock mechanism. Miniature finger lights were provided on the index and middle fingers powered by a battery pack on the back of the gloves. These lights provided instrument panel and chart illumination.; Transferred from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center in 1977

Credit Line: Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Materials: Wrist Bearing: Aluminium; Zipper: Cotton, brass; Overall: Nylon, steel, leather, rubber
Dimensions: 3-D: 29.2 × 13 × 10.2cm (11 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 4 in.); Other (Wrist Ring): 4 in. (10.2cm)

National Air and Space Museum

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9957a9678-dc2d-49aa-91d9-979dc317df5c