posted 07-29-2016 01:47 AM               

As you can imagine, it's a bit of a challenge (especially when you mix in some of the questionable eBay gloves, and other oddballs that have found their way to auction). Currently, I have about 43 serial numbers and styles documented, but I'd like to add more.

If you have a glove, I'd love to add to the database. Here's what I need:

1. The full serial number on the glove (for example: ГП-10К-2-0220081)
   
2. Fingertip color
   
3. Rubber "grip" color
   
4. Number of grip pads on each finger
   
5. Number of grip pads on each palm
   
6. Color of metal wrist bearing (the metal ring on the inner assembly)
   
7. Does it have a safety latch that folds over wrist release mechanism?
   
8. Color of fabric on inner assembly
   
9. Flown? Provenance (if willing)
   
10. If you'd like to send a photo, showing the outer and/or inner glove assembly, that would be great!

This will help distinguish Zvezda frankenstein gloves and fakes from genuine examples. Plus, I'm hoping we can discern some pattern to the serial numbers, but I'm not sure that's possible). At the very least, we can begin to catalog glove serial numbers that were definitely flown (based on EVA photos and well-documented exemplars), as well as those used in training.

Someone attempted something like this a while back, but none of the people involved are still active on cS. If anyone has a copy of the document they produces, I'd love to see it.