Display Status:

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Collection Item Summary:

This cuff was created for spacewalking NASA astronauts of the Space Shuttle program. The metal cuff and white elastic fabric held a checklist for the spacewalk so it did not float away in the microgravity environment.

NASA transferred this EVA cuff to the Museum in 2017.

Collection Item Long Description:

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Restrictions & Rights

Do not reproduce without permission from the Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum

Credit Line

Transferred by NASA

Materials

Metal, fabric

Dimensions

Metal: 1.25" x 6.25" x 1/8" Fabric 1 1/2" x 7 3/4" x 1/4"

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Country of Origin

United States of America

Date

03/24/2006

Type

EQUIPMENT

Inventory Number

T20170014004