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Topic: EMU spacesuit parts in private collections
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-13-2007 10:41 AM
   
What components of the space shuttle-era Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit have been deaccessed by NASA or its contractors to enter private collections? I know there have been a few TMG-layer-only gloves and boots, as well as the odd disposable parts (valsalva devices, labels), but have there been helmets, hard upper torso, lower torso or even liquid cooling garments bought and sold? Are there any flown components (of any type) in private collections? |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1368
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 04-13-2007 11:08 AM
The Snoopy Cap in my collection is shuttle era. I'm aware of a few other parts that have been offered through private sales that fall within the categories you mention. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-13-2007 05:40 PM
Matt can probably verify this, but it is my understanding that many of the used TMG glove layers have been flown and subsequently (due to wear and tear) downgraded for use in the WETF tank, before eventually being scrapped and sold in to private hands. |
Richard
New Member Posts: 5
From: Morrisonville, New York USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 04-15-2007 03:45 PM
It seems that there are two different types of these gloves. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-15-2007 04:03 PM
Are you referring to the gloves with yellow palms and blue fingertips versus the gloves with gray palms and fingertips, or something different? |
Richard
New Member Posts: 5
From: Morrisonville, New York USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 04-15-2007 04:27 PM
Yes. I believe that the ones with the grey palms have the additional ridges added and are the more modern version. Unfortunately, I don't know their proper names. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-15-2007 06:33 PM
I believe the grey palmed gloves you refer to are called the "Phase VI" glove. It includes heating elements in the finger tips. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-15-2007 08:35 PM
A history of the EMU glove, focusing on the development of the Phase IV, series 5000, and Phase V gloves, prepared by ILC and NASA can be found here. |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1368
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 04-16-2007 05:21 AM
Sizing and model/phase revisions are discussed in great detail in the superb "U.S. Spacesuits" from Springer/Praxis. An absolutely essential purchase for anyone collecting spacesuit items. The level of detail is stunning — I was able to nail down the origin of an unknown glove in my collection that had remained an enigma for months despite ceaseless internet trawling. Given that the glove in question was an abandoned prototype from a classified manned program gives you some idea of how thorough the book is. |
Space GNC
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From:
Registered: Oct 2016
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posted 04-25-2017 09:56 PM
I am wondering whether anyone has succeeded in obtaining use histories for EMU components. I am trying to map CO2 transducer (Item 122) serial numbers to EMU and/or PLSS serial numbers. Any help would be appreciated. |
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