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Gemini G-2C High Pressure Spacesuit Training Gloves (Pair), Made by the David Clark Company, 1964....
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THE GEMINI PROGRAM
Gemini G-2C High Pressure Spacesuit Training Gloves (Pair), Made
by the David Clark Company, 1964. A pair (left and right,
color-coded), 11.5" x 4.5" in size, with both snap and lace-up
closures on the backs and sealed connecting rings to attach to the
suit. When NASA was seeking a source for their upcoming Gemini
program, they carried out design level evaluations with B.F.
Goodrich and Arrowhead. The David Clark company came in with their
own company-funded prototype using their Link-net technology that
had been developed for the X-15 program. This was deemed by NASA to
be the superior suit and the contract was awarded to David Clark in
1962 to manufacture the Gemini spacesuits. Rare and desirable. Wear
likely from training use, discoloration, very good."The Gemini G2C glove probably represented pressure glove state of the art before the demands for performing work in space brought new evolutions of design. The first pressure gloves-made for early, high-altitude aviation-were patterned for maximum comfort and dexterity unpressurized. While they provided the correct anthropomorphic shape unpressurized, they changed shape and provided limited manual mobility under pressure. These designs with minimum change became the intravehicular activity (IVA) gloves of the early space programs. The early Gemini gloves [such as the pair offered here] used a lace-up restraint on the back of the hand. On the later Gemini gloves, including the EVA configuration, adjustable straps and adjustable palm restraint bars were used to retain the shape of the pressurized glove on the hand." U. S. Spacesuits by Kenneth S. Thomas and Harold J. McMann (second edition).
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2022 December 15 - 16 Space Exploration Signature® Auction #6262 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2022
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