Object Details
- Manufacturer
- ILC Dover, Inc.
- Summary
- Astronauts report that their hands get cold while they are doing extravehicular activity, especially when they are not in sunlight. Two solutions were devised: fingertip heaters in their pressurized gloves and thermal mittens to wear over their gloves. This insulated mitten, designed by ILC, can add some warmth temporarily, but it would be removed for tasks that require finger dexterity. Astronauts tested mittens like this on the STS-63 space shuttle mission in 1995. Over the years, NASA gave the Museum a mitten pair and a variety of spacesuit gloves.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center.
- 1989
- Inventory Number
- A19970607001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Handwear
- Materials
- HT1-Nomex, Kevlar, Aluminized Kapton, Velcro
- Dimensions
- Clothing: 29.2 x 32.4 x 1.3cm (11 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19970607001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bd0bc47e-5895-45b1-abdc-48cfd3e2ac03
