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EVA-1 Valsalva Device Mission: STS-51D Discovery   Crew: Karol J. Bobko Donald E. Williams M. Rhea Seddon Jeffrey A. Hoffman S. David Griggs Charles D. Walker Sen E. Jake Garn Launch: April 12, 1985   Landing: April 19, 1985   Duration: 6 days, 23 hours   Comment: First flight of an elected official (Garn) This Valsalva device - basically a raised foam fixture that can be used to block the nostrils to clear the ears - was removed post-flight from Jeffrey Hoffman's EMU helmet to be discarded. Hoffman donned his helmet and spacesuit during STS-51D for an unscheduled spacewalk that called for David Griggs and him to attach a "flyswatter" device to the end of the robot arm in an attempt to activate a switch on the Syncom satellite that was deployed on the mission. back to Artifacts © 1999-2008 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com