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Topic: Snoopy cap comm carrier serial numbers
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davidcwagner
Member Posts: 939
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 03-14-2021 06:09 PM
   
I have a Snoopy cap "Perspiration Absorption Area" (sweatband) with a sewn in tag that reads: 16531G-01
S/N 101 Any data for flown sweatband serial numbers? S/N 101 shows wear.  
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thisismills
Member Posts: 474
From: Michigan
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 03-14-2021 07:00 PM
Somewhere I remember reading that Neil Armstrong didn't actually use the sweatband, had the velcro attachments for it removed, and had an additional strap added to outside on top. |
space1
Member Posts: 912
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 03-14-2021 07:22 PM
I have notes of the serial numbers for the Apollo 7 crew Snoopy caps as 102, 103, and 107. Not sure about other early missions. |
davidcwagner
Member Posts: 939
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 03-14-2021 08:04 PM
Thanks for the info on Apollo 7 serial numbers. What was the source for your notes, please? |
thisismills
Member Posts: 474
From: Michigan
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 03-14-2021 08:47 PM
Was able to find the information I mentioned above about Neil Armstrong's snoopy cap. Starts at 6 minutes into the video. Adam Savage and Ryan Nagata discuss Neil Armstrong's spacesuits from "First Man". |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 299
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 03-14-2021 09:59 PM
While we're talking about the Armstrong cap, has there ever been any explanation given why his had the three straps across the top that was different from all others?
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oly
Member Posts: 1382
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 03-15-2021 12:34 AM
As mentioned above, Armstrong preferred to wear a communications carrier without the forward absorption pad. The non-inclusion of this required a reinforcing strip to be sewn in to provided additional support, as seen in this image. |
space1
Member Posts: 912
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 03-15-2021 05:37 AM
quote:
Originally posted by davidcwagner:
What was the source for your notes, please?
My reference was an ASHUR (101053), which authorized downgrade of the Apollo 7 Snoopy caps to Class II for training. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4465
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-15-2021 05:58 AM
quote:
Originally posted by oly:
...as seen in this image.
Departing from the topic slightly, the folks at the National Air and Space Museum are to be applauded for conserving the suit collection over the last 20+ years. The care and attention lavished on these precious artefacts is exemplary.But I have to confess, I have always had an issue with the way Armstrong's Snoopy cap is stored. The elasticity in the white portion of the cap means it can't be simply placed on a mannequin head or over time the material will stretch and the elasticity lost: if removed the cap will remain forever "baggy." But to my untrained eye, the current arrangement is poor. Stretching across the top of the headset is evident. A better arrangement surely would be a mannequin head but with ethafoam supports sticking out of the "ears," large enough to fit snuggly within the cap's earpieces. This would support the weight of the cap while removing the stretch to the fabric. I have done this with a cap of my own and it makes for an aesthetically more natural appearance while taking in to consideration the long term implications for the materials.  |
Philip
Member Posts: 6149
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 06-01-2022 05:36 AM
March 2020, ISS Expedition 62 flight engineer Andrew Morgan wore a Snoopy cap onboard the ISS.Probably the most recent time this was done? Were any taken onboard the Space Shuttle? |
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