Glove, Right, Mercury, Friendship 7, Glenn, Training
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- B. F. Goodrich Co.
- Astronaut
- John H. Glenn, Jr.
- Summary
- This glove is part of the pair used by an unknown astronaut during training sessions, and then added to the display spacesuit replicating John Glenn's historic Mercury orbital flight in February, 1962.
- 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 ball-bearing lock mechanism.
- Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1968
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A19680277003
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Handwear
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Materials
- Exterior: Cotton Sateen, Aluminized fabric, Rubberized fabric, palms, steel
- Pressure bladder: Rubber
- Lacing: Cotton, steel grommets
- Wrist Disconnect: Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 29.2 x 11.4 x 11.4cm (11 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680277003
Left Mercury glove with white cotton sateen and aluminized fabric fingers and upper portion, light bulbs in fingertips, battery pack cover, lacing adjustors, aluminium wrist disconnect ring.
