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[i]...the extravehicular pilot used integrated pressure thermal gloves, in lieu of the pressure gloves and overgloves used for Gemini IV. The gloves were designed to protect the hands from micrometeoroids and to prevent conductive heat transfer through the glove palms caused from touching surfaces with temperatures ranging from 250 degrees to -150 degree F. Structurally and functionally, the gloves were similar to the standard intravehicular pressure gloves with a pressure bladder, a restraint layer, and a wrist connector. A 1/8-inch-thick, flexible, insulating, silastic material was provided on the palm side of the glove for conduction insulation. Micrometeoroid protection was through additional layers of fabric used in the layup of the glove. For intravehicular spacecraft operations, the pilot utilized standard intravehicular gloves of the same design as the command pilot's.[/i]
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