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Soyuz TM-13, Mir EO-4
Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Volkov wore this jacket as part of a shirt-sleeves flight suit during his 175 day mission on board the Soviet space station Mir that began with his October 1991 launch on board Soyuz TM-13. This was Volkov's thrid flight into space and the final launch by the Soviet Union as the country broke up in December 1991. Mission planners supplied the crew with an assortment of track suit type clothes because cosmonauts and astronauts found it easier to live in work in space in clothes similar to those that they wore on Earth. The fabric of the clothes has been checked for flamablity as well as comfort.
These protective goggles were part of Aleksei Leonov's gear that he used while in service to the U.S.S.R. cosmonaut corps and Air Force. Leonov became famous in March 1965, when he opened the hatch to his Voskhod 2 spacecraft while it was orbiting the Earth and climbed out, to perform the world's first walk in space.
Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Lyakhov wore this flight suit in training for his mission on board the space stations Salyut 7 in 1983 and the Mir in 1988. During space station missions, cosmonauts and astronauts wear comfortable, shirt sleeves clothes that allow them to do meaningful work while inside that station. Lyakhov launched to the Salyut on board Soyuz T-9 on 27 June and returned to Earth in November. His next mission was to Mir in 1988. That mission lasted for about one week.
Soviet cosmonaut Yury Malyshev wore this flight suit during his first spaceflight on board Soyuz T-2, en route to the Salyut 6 space station. This suit is designed to ameliorate the debilitating effects of prolonged microgravity on the skeletal muscular system experienced during prolonged periods in microgravity. Inside the suit is an elaborate system of cords and straps that can be arranged to simulate gravity pulling on muscles. In all likelihood this was an early prototype of the concept and Malyshev was on in orbit for three days.
These fur-lined survival boots are part of Aleksei Leonov's survival gear that he used while in service to the U.S.S. R. cosmonaut corps and Air Force. As a pilot, he would use these boots if forced to land his aircraft in a cold climate. Leonov become famous in March 1965, when he opened the hatch to his Voskhod 2 spacecraft while it was orbiting the Earth and climbed out, to perform the world's first walk in space.
After his 1965 flight, Leonov became an ambassador for spaceflight and traveled throughout the world to tell his story about his historic mission. Unlike the American astronauts, the Soviet cosmonauts retained their military rank and status while they served in the cosmonaut corps. Even the lone woman in the corps, Valentina Tereshkova, obtained a military rank during the course of her service. Among the early cosmonauts of the 1960s, only one, Konstantin Feoktistov did not receive a military commission. For those reasons, Leonov's military uniform is a symbol of the close relationship that the Soviet space program had with the Ministry of Defense.
Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Volkov wore this jacket as part of a shirt-sleeves flight suit during his 175 day mission on board the Soviet space station Mir that began with his October 1991 launch on board Soyuz TM-13. This was Volkov's thrid flight into space and the final launch by the Soviet Union as the country broke up in December 1991. Mission planners supplied the crew with an assortment of track suit type clothes because cosmonauts and astronauts found it easier to live in work in space in clothes similar to those that they wore on Earth. The fabric of the clothes has been checked for flamablity as well as comfort.
These protective goggles were part of Aleksei Leonov's gear that he used while in service to the U.S.S.R. cosmonaut corps and Air Force. Leonov became famous in March 1965, when he opened the hatch to his Voskhod 2 spacecraft while it was orbiting the Earth and climbed out, to perform the world's first walk in space.
Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Lyakhov wore this flight suit in training for his mission on board the space stations Salyut 7 in 1983 and the Mir in 1988. During space station missions, cosmonauts and astronauts wear comfortable, shirt sleeves clothes that allow them to do meaningful work while inside that station. Lyakhov launched to the Salyut on board Soyuz T-9 on 27 June and returned to Earth in November. His next mission was to Mir in 1988. That mission lasted for about one week.
Soviet cosmonaut Yury Malyshev wore this flight suit during his first spaceflight on board Soyuz T-2, en route to the Salyut 6 space station. This suit is designed to ameliorate the debilitating effects of prolonged microgravity on the skeletal muscular system experienced during prolonged periods in microgravity. Inside the suit is an elaborate system of cords and straps that can be arranged to simulate gravity pulling on muscles. In all likelihood this was an early prototype of the concept and Malyshev was on in orbit for three days.
These fur-lined survival boots are part of Aleksei Leonov's survival gear that he used while in service to the U.S.S. R. cosmonaut corps and Air Force. As a pilot, he would use these boots if forced to land his aircraft in a cold climate. Leonov become famous in March 1965, when he opened the hatch to his Voskhod 2 spacecraft while it was orbiting the Earth and climbed out, to perform the world's first walk in space.
After his 1965 flight, Leonov became an ambassador for spaceflight and traveled throughout the world to tell his story about his historic mission. Unlike the American astronauts, the Soviet cosmonauts retained their military rank and status while they served in the cosmonaut corps. Even the lone woman in the corps, Valentina Tereshkova, obtained a military rank during the course of her service. Among the early cosmonauts of the 1960s, only one, Konstantin Feoktistov did not receive a military commission. For those reasons, Leonov's military uniform is a symbol of the close relationship that the Soviet space program had with the Ministry of Defense.