The left Orlan Spacesuit Glove Signed  in black felt tip by three cosmonauts-pioneers: Valentina Tereshkova-the first woman in space , Alexei Leonov- first EVA and Soyuz-Apollo mission and Valery Kubasov -Soyuz-Apollo mission. The glove will accompany with copy of a set candid photographs taken at the time of signing.

Great space memorabilia artifact for your collection and great gift for space enthusiast. 

Some characteristics of Orlan Spacesuit glove:

The Orlan glove consists of two different gloves.

The protective glove, an outer shell made of phenylone and a nylon gasket, provides heat protection of the hand and protects the power and sealed shell from mechanical damage.

To improve the tactility, rubber caps are installed at the ends of the fingers of the protective shell. On the palm and palms of the fingers of the protective glove, there are pads made of "lumpy" rubber, designed to improve the protective properties and contact with objects. To facilitate bending of the fingers, the back of the glove is made in the form of folds. The gaiter of the protective glove covers the wrist joint and the glove connector, partially extending over the sleeve of the spacesuit.

The glove connector is designed to connect the glove to the sleeve sealed wrist bearing. The connection is carried out by means of a 4-lock ring mounted on a rubber sheath. The ring is double sealed and has a closed position lock.

The main (outer) hermetic shell is made of natural rubber by dipping, 0.6mm thick and has phalanx hinges in the form of "crusts" (protrusions) to facilitate bending on the back of the fingers. The reserve (inner) hermetic shell is made of rubberized fabric and comes into operation automatically when the main one fails. The inner hermetic shell is attached to the main glove at the connector to the base of the fingers.

The power shell of the wrist part is put on over the rubber and prevents it from inflating under excessive pressure, and also serves as the basis for the hinges of the fingers

 The power shell of the wrist part (on the part of the fingers) on the palmar side is made of nylon fabric, and on the back of a special fabric with spandex. Spandex fabric stretches well when flexing / squeezing the hand and serves as a base for the finger pivots. To further reduce the bending moment of the hinges of the fingers, it is made longer and assembled in folds on power tapes running along the sides of the fingers along the neutral bending axes at the junction of the palmar and back parts of the power shell.

The power system of the wrist is sewn onto the power sheath and consists of a power system of fingers made of narrow ribbons with low elongation running along the sides of the fingers, as well as cords laid between the fingers.

A palmar frame is installed on top of the load-bearing shell as part of the load-bearing system. It partially duplicates the force sheath, provides a bend of the hand in the required direction and creates a concave shape for the palmar part. The frame is made of steel hardened wire and on the back side is connected with a nylon tape with a textile fastener, which allows you to adjust the girth of the hand or replace the frame with another size, if necessary.

The wrist joint of the glove is made in the form of a set of steel rings and provides flexion-extension and abduction - adduction of the hand. To reduce the bending moment across the hinge, strength elements are placed between the rings, creating roll-over corrugations.

Good condition . Rare space artifact.

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