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heng44
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posted 05-02-2015 03:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Gemini 4 backup command pilot Frank Borman is having his spacesuit fitted in the suiting trailer at Pad 16 during a simulated test with backup pilot Jim Lovell at Cape Kennedy on April 30, 1965.

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posted 05-02-2015 09:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for randy   Click Here to Email randy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Had the suit he wore on Gemini 7 been manufactured yet?

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posted 05-04-2015 08:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for onesmallstep   Click Here to Email onesmallstep     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I don't think so. Borman and Lovell were chosen as prime crew for Gemini 7 on July 1, 1965 and NASA only announced the selection of the David Clark G5C IVA lightweight suit for the flight on Aug. 12.

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posted 05-06-2015 06:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The earliest photos I have of Borman and Lovell wearing the G-5C suits are dated October 15, 1965, during water egress training.

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I got a laugh from the (what looks to be) naugahyde chair that they've got Borman sitting in during the fitting. Gotta love those old fashions. Naugahyde, or "pleather," meaning plastic leather. A great complement to beta cloth.

Although were the suits made of beta cloth at the time or was that spacesuits post-Apollo 1?

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posted 05-08-2015 08:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for onesmallstep   Click Here to Email onesmallstep     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Gemini G3C suit, used only on Gemini 3, had six layers of nylon and Nomex, with the boots also made of Nomex. For Gemini 4-12 (except 7), the G4C had additional Mylar layers for insulation and temperature control. The suit used by Cernan on 9A's ill-fated EVA had Chromel added to the legs to prevent heat damage from the AMU thrusters Cernan was to test.

Post-Apollo 1, the standard A7L suit was made of the same materials stated above (except Chromel), plus Dacron in addition to the Beta cloth.

Lou Chinal
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Cernan's suit was on display at the Air Force Museum in Ohio. It's the only one like it I ever saw. They had it mislabeled as an X-15 suit.

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Cernan's G4C pressure suit, flown on his mission, and a protective coverlayer (with the Chromel) used in training, are on display in the exhibit 'Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of EVA' at the National Air and Space Museum in DC until June 8.

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posted 05-15-2015 09:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for taneal1   Click Here to Email taneal1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by onesmallstep:
The Gemini G3C suit, used only on Gemini 3
If I recall correctly, Wally Schirra wore the G3C suit on GT-6. This was of course made for him as backup CDR for GT-3.

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